Following this, the Imperial Edict (of 1870) for Establishment of Shinto was issued, and the principle 'we should make clear about chikyo, and promote Kannagara no Michi (Shinto, Way of Gods)' was set out.
続いて、この詔書が出され、「治教を明らかにして惟神の道を宣揚すべし」という理念が打ち出された。