There was a long time dispute between the Inbe and Nakatomi clans over which would take the post of Hoheishi (imperial messenger to a shrine and envoy returning courtesies) at the Grand Shrine of Ise.
伊勢神宮の奉幣使の役職をめぐって、忌部氏と中臣氏の間で、長年争われてきた。