In addition, there are examples of individuals who having been influential in their eras have come to be venerated as kami after their deaths (e.g. Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI as the Toyokuni Daimyojin, and Ieyasu TOKUGAWA as Tosho Daigongen); examples of individuals who, after losing some sort of struggle for power or being punished as traitors, have come to be venerated as kami so as to placate their anger (e.g., SUGAWARA no Michizane, TAIRA no Masamune), are also included in this category.
また、その時代の有力者を死後に神として祭る例（豊臣秀吉＝豊国大明神、徳川家康東照大権現ど）や、権力闘争に敗れまた逆賊として処刑された者を、後世において「怒りを鎮める」という意味で神として祭る例（菅原道真、平将門など）もこの分類に含まれる。