According to "Nihonjin no tameno kenpo genron" (Principles of the Constitution for the Japanese) by Naoki KOMURO, when we look at the postwar Yasukuni-jinja Shrine from the viewpoint of traditional religious belief, the eirei that are considered to be enshrined there are not eirei in the true sense.
『日本人のための憲法原論』（小室直樹著）によれば、日本の伝統的宗教観から戦後の靖国神社を見れば、靖国で祀られるとされる英霊たちは英霊とはいえないという。