Subsequently, a system of Bekkaku Kanpeisha was introduced for Kansha which could not be classified as either Kanpeisha or Kokuheisha (e.g. shrines dedicated to people who rendered distinguished services to the state of the time), and Minatogawa-jinja Shrine was classified as the first Bekkaku Kanpeisha in 1872.
後に、官幣社にも国幣社にも分類できない官社（当時の国家に功績を挙げた人物を祀る神社など）として別格官幣社の制度が導入され、明治5年に湊川神社が初の別格官幣社に列格した。