On the other hand, according to the 'Soshake Shaso chu Shinzen Gokinen no koto nado Chumon' (literally, 'the regulations on prayers to be performed in front of gods by Buddhist monks who belong to all successive shrine priest families') written in 1471, shrine maidens were separated into miko responsible for divine affairs and those engaged in other affairs including oracles, by classifying them into Miya miko (literally, shrine maidens belonging to shrine families) and Murakata no miko (literally, shrine maidens belonging to village people), and further classifying Miya miko as either Ichi no miko (literally, the first rank miko) or other general Miya miko, with only the first rank shrine maidens being allowed to dance Kagura silently (but prohibited to make oracles and other performances) and Miya miko generally permitted to offer prayers only but not allowed to engage in fortune-telling, oracles and yutate (a ceremony to boil fresh pure water and perform ablution by splashing it on themselves in front of gods), which were conducted at wakiden (a hall standing nearby main hall) by shrine maidens other than Miya miko.
だが、1471年（文明(日本)3年）に作成された「総社家社僧中神前御祈念之事等注文」によれば、巫女にも宮神子から選抜される一神子と一般の宮神子、村方の神子に分類され、一神子のみが本社で神楽を無言で舞うことが許され（託宣などの禁止）、宮神子は祈祷のみを許され、占い・託宣・湯立は脇殿で宮神子以外の者が行うことなどが定められて、神事に携わるものと託宣などを行うものが分離されるようになった。