However, from the Meiji Period shinmei-zukuri style has been adopted widely for shrine buildings in time of sengu (transfer of a deity to a new shrine building), due to, for example, enshrining multiple gods collectively, thus increasing the number of shinmei-zukuri style shrine buildings.
しかし、明治以降は合祀などによる遷宮において神明造を採用することが流行し、神明造の社殿が増加した。