Shrine priests, who had been subordinated to Buddhist priests, under the shelter of Government, started the 'Haibutsu-kishaku' movement, which was to thoroughly deny and destroy Buddhism.
また僧侶の下に置かれていた神官は政府の威をかりて仏教の全てを否定し破壊する「廃仏毀釈」運動を起こした。