However, the Ise group, which had played the central role in Shito Jimukyoku, argued that Amaterasu Omikami was the Great God of Heaven and Earth, which ruled Kenrei (this world and the world after death) and that other gods were simply her subordinates, thus creating a full-scale confrontation between the two.
しかし、神道事務局の中心を担っていた「伊勢派」は、天照大神は顕幽両界を支配する「天地大主宰」であり、他の神々はその臣下にすぎないと主張するなど、両派は真っ向から対立した。