After the Second World War, Japanese architectural historian Hakutaro OTA (formerly a Professor at the University of Tokyo) criticized the term tenjiku-yo by stating that 'The fact that "Tenjiku" means "India", and leads the misunderstanding that "tenjiku-yo" refers to an Indian architectural style.
第二次世界大戦後、日本建築史家の太田博太郎（元、東京大学教授）が天竺様という名称を批判し「天竺はインドを意味し、天竺様ではインドの建築様式と誤解されてしまう。