Although this was a forerunner event of the protection of cultural properties as historic sites, the protection of historic sites by a legal system had to await the establishment of the Historical Spot, Scenic Beauty, and Natural Monument Preservation Law of 1919.
「史跡としての文化財保護」のさきがけといえるが、史跡の法的な保護制度は、1919年（大正8年）制定の史蹟名勝天然紀念物保存法を待たなければならない。