Upholding the belief called 'Yuken ichinyo' (unity of the world after death and the actual world), Izumo-ha school argued that Okuninushi no Kami should be included as an enshrined deity to form Itsuhashira (five gods).
これに対して「出雲派」は、「幽顕一如」を掲げて祭神を大国主大神を加えた五柱にすべきと主張した。