Jingikan was restored during the Meiji period (later called Jingisho) and an attached shrine was built where eight gods were enshrined in Hasshinden (eight shrines) during the time of the gods of heaven and earth from ancient times under the Ritsuryo system (a system of centralized government based on the ritsuryo code).
明治に再興された神祇官（のち神祇省）は附属の神殿を創建し、天神地祇および古代の律令制での神祇官の八神殿で祀られた八神を祀った。