The former marquess Yukisada SASAKI, an authority on Kokushi (national history), was appointed as head of Koten Kokyujo and president of Kokugakuin University in 1942, and then served as the president of Kokushi-henshu-in, Guji of Tokyo Daijingu in 1946 and Daiguji of Ise Jingu in 1951.
旧侯爵・佐々木行忠は、昭和17年に皇典講究所長、國學院大學長にあげられ、さらに国史編修院総裁を経て、昭和21年に東京大神宮宮司、同26年には伊勢神宮大宮司に就任した国史の大家。