In Hikobae (Essays on Study of Historical Artefacts of Nobutomo BAN), volume 20, he writes, "Emperor GoDaigo's 'Nicchu Gyoji' (book on the ceremonies of the court) states "the daily rituals of shokon have been established " where shokon refers to a shokon no matsuri performed by a onmyo-ji, not a chinkon no matsuri," making a clear distinction between the two types of rituals.
伴信友はまた「比古婆衣」第20巻で「後醍醐天皇日中行事に、日毎せうこんの御祭、今は定まれる事なり、とあるせうこんは招魂にて、こは鎮魂にはあらず、陰陽家にて別に招魂祭とて為る方なるべし」と述べて、招魂祭と鎮魂祭との区別を明確にしている。