In particular, officers influenced by Atsutane HIRATA strongly advocated the construction, but Bisei FUKUBA of the Tsuwano Clan was reluctant to restore the Hasshinden, saying that a model for the unity of religion and state in the modern era was to conduct religious rituals in the imperial palace.
特に平田篤胤出身の官員は強くそれを主張したが、当時権勢を振るっていた津和野藩出身の福羽美静は新時代の祭政一致のモデルは天皇宮中祭祀にあるとし、八神殿の復興に対しては消極的な姿勢をとっていた。