Owing to a friendly tie that Naoaki's great grand son Tamon FUJII deepened with Tomomi IWAKURA, Naoaki's thought came to be recognized and after the Meiji Restoration, he was posthumously given Shoshii (Senior Fourth Rank).
直明のひ孫である藤井多門が岩倉具視と親交を深め、直明の思想が明らかとなり、明治維新後、正四位が贈られた。