In the case of people who were conferred Shonii upon as a posthumous rank from the Heian period to the end of Edo period, their Ikai (Court rank) was written as "Shonii, posthumously conferred."
平安時代から幕末にかけて正二位に叙せられた者のうち、贈位により正二位を受けた場合、その位階は贈正二位と表記される。