According to the 'shrine regulations,' the chief priest of the Ise-jingu Shrine is appointed and dismissed by imperial decision, and these regulations also state that the Ise-jingu Shrine is treated as a special case.
また神宮大宮司は、「神宮規則」により、勅裁を得て任免するとされ、さらに特別の扱いがなされている。