After the Meiji period in which it started to attract academic society's attention, viewing of it was allowed on rare occasions and also copies were made, and these copies were published as 'Sumiyoshi taisha jindaikiji' by Ariyoshi SAEKI in 1907 ("Jingi zensho" vol. 3).
しかし学会で注目され始めた明治以降わずかながら拝観が許可され、写本も残されるようになり、明治40年には佐伯有義によって「住吉大社神代記事」として刊行された（『神祇全書』第3輯）。