Atsutane HIRATA, who declared himself a posthumous disciple of Norinaga MOTOORI, stated in his unfinished "Koshi-den" that there was a norito called Amatsunorito no hutonoritogoto that had been passed on orally from Amaterasu Omikami (the Sun Goddess) to only the Nakatomi clan.
本居宣長の「歿後の門人」である平田篤胤は、未完の『古史伝』の中で「天照大神から口伝されてきた天津祝詞之太祝詞事という祝詞があり、中臣家にのみ相伝されたのだ」という説を唱えている。