During the Edo period, the Nijo family, who were mainly responsible for maintaining sokuikanjo, prayed for a satisfactory completion of the ritual to Chinju (local Shinto deity) and Tenjin (literally, heavenly gods) before sokuikanjo and, immediately before inmyodenju, the whole family conducted Shinto ritual of purification.
即位灌頂を中心的に担ってきた二条家では江戸期、即位灌頂の前に鎮守や天神に儀式の無事成功を祈り、印明伝授の直前には二条家を挙げて潔斎の神事を行った。