During the Meiji period, under the view of Kokokushikan (historical view to put the Imperial family in the center of the Japanese history), the government insisted it was inappropriate that SOGA no Iruka, who was a traitor, was enshrined as a god.
明治時代に、政府は皇国史観に基づいて逆臣である蘇我入鹿を神として祀るのは都合が悪いとした。