Harumichi YANO, Tadayuki TSUNODA, Sakura MARUYAMA and Naosuke GONDA, Japanese classical scholars following HIRATA and who assumed important governmental posts were expelled from the government in 1871 on suspicion of a crime against the State, and therefore, there are aspects that Jingikan in the Meiji period were not totally committed to HIRATA followers.
平田派国学者で政府内で要職についていた矢野玄道・角田忠行・丸山作楽・権田直助は明治4年（1871年）に国事犯の嫌疑が掛けられ政府から追放されており、明治神祇官が平田派一辺倒であったとは考え難い側面がある。