At this time, however, the post of Jingi haku was not yet regarded as hereditary but as open to the O clan, the Minamoto clan and the Onakatomi clan to be appointed to it.
しかし、この時期はまだ神祇伯は世襲されるものではなく、王氏、源氏及び大中臣氏が補任されるものと認識されていた。