In the following Meiji Government, the separation of Buddhism and Shintoism, land-tax reform, and the introduction of state-Shintoism transformed the structure of Miyaza; the postwar democratization and agrarian reform gave an additional blow.
続く明治政府の神仏分離・地租改正・国家神道導入は宮座組織に変容を与え、更に戦後の民主化や農地改革が追い討ちをかけた。