Also there is no record that the post of Hyuga no kami (Mitsuhide AKECHI) was especially detested, since it was used for generations by the Mizuno family of Yuki Domain who were the descendants of Katsunari MIZUNO known as Oni-Hyuga (a devil in Hyuga) and also by the Echizen Matsudaira family who were the branch family of the Matsudaira family of Itoigawa Domain.
また、日向守（明智光秀）は水野勝成「鬼日向」の子孫である結城藩水野氏や越前松平家の分家である糸魚川藩松平氏が代々使用しており、特に忌諱された形跡はない。