Architecture of shrine is believed to have emerged under the influence of ji-in, or Buddhist pagoda, reviving ancient architecture, and in the course of subsequent developments, design elements of Buddhist nature were considered to be intentionally eliminated.
神社建築は寺院建築の影響のもとで発生し、日本の上古の建築を復古的に採用し、仏教建築のデザインを意識的に排除しつつ成立したと考えられる。