After the restoration of their impaired reputation, that is, after the conferment of a posthumous rank (the Shogoi or senior fifth rank was conferred to ORAGURO and KAYA), the war was referred to as the "Shimpuren-no-hen War."
名誉回復、すなわち贈位後（大正13年2月11日、太田黒・加屋に正五位が贈られた後）は、「神風連の変」と呼称される。