Initially, there was no Kokuhei taisha (great-scale Kokuheisha), and in 1915, some Kokuhei chusha (medium-scale Kokuheisha) such as Kita-taisha Shrine were promoted to Kokuhei taisha for the first time.
国幣大社は当初は存在せず、大正4年に国幣中社の気多大社などが昇格したのが最初である。