Although it is generally understood that the main members of Jingikan during the Meiji period were the scholars of Japanese classical literature influenced by Atsutane Hirata, it was in fact before Jingikan was restored that they participated in the movement actively, and it was the scholars influenced by Takamasa OKUNI, such as Bisei FUKUBA, that in fact dominated Jingikan after Jingikan was restored.
なお、一般的には明治神祇官は平田篤胤の国学者が主体となっていたと解されているが、実際に活躍したのは神祇官が再興される前段階でのことであり、復興された神祇官は大国隆正の教えを受けた福羽美静ら大国隆正の国学者が権勢を振るっていた。