Already in the Kamakura Period, Munakata Taisha Shrine near Hakata was said to have purveyed its repairing costs for the past several hundred years from donation of Yoribune (ships drifted ashore) and Yorimono (driftage) only, according to Kansenji (an edict from Daijokan (the Grand Council of State)) dated May 15, 1231.
博多に近い宗像大社は鎌倉時代の段階で過去数百年間の修理費用を寄船・寄物の寄進のみで賄ってきたという（寛喜3年4月5日官宣旨）。