Jihen, a priest during the Kamakura period, wrote a commentary, "Kuji Hongi Gengi" (Deep Significances in the Kuji hongi) with the thought that the "Sendai Kujihongi" was the core of the Shinto concept, influencing Watarai Shinto (A school of Shinto teachings expanded by priests of the Watarai clan at the Outer Shrine (Geku) of the Ise-jingu Shrine).
鎌倉時代の僧・慈遍は、『先代旧事本紀』を神道の思想の中心と考えて注釈書『舊事本紀玄義』を著し、度会神道に影響を与えた。