After gekiken (renamed kendo after kenjutsu) and jujutsu (later changed to judo) were introduced to extracurricular lessons in junior high school under the old education system in 1911, what was installed in martial arts dojos became a kamidana.
明治44年に旧制中学校の課外授業に撃剣（剣術後に剣道と改称）、柔術（後に柔道にかわる）が採用になって以降、武道の道場に設けられるのは神棚となった。