Today, it is commonly granted posthumously to persons who made similar achievements as former Diet members, prefectural governors, or scholars who received conferment of the Kunnito (Order of Second Class).
今日では主に国会議員、都道府県知事経験者や学者などで勲二等の叙勲を受けた者と同等の功績を挙げた者が死後に叙位されることが一般的である。