However, nationwide organization by the families did not end even at the end of the Edo period, and there was a significant proportion of "hyakusho priests," who served as Shinto priests while staying at the farming rank.
しかし、幕末に至っても両家による全国編成は完了せず、百姓身分のまま神職を勤める"百姓神主"がかなりの割合で存在していた。