Hiyoshitaisha Shrine began to have its dignified appearance as the head shrine by having Daigu (or Daihiei, original enshrined deity: Shakuju Nyorai) and Ninomiya (or Kohiei, original enshrined deity: Yakushi Nyorai) as gracious deities at both sides, by adding Shoshinshi (original enshrined deity: Amida Nyorai) later to collectively call three of them Sanno Sanjo or Sansei, and by further adding Hachioji (original enshrined deity: Senju Kannon), Kyakujin (original enshrined deity: Juichimen Kannon), Juzenji (original enshrined deity: Jizo Bodai), and Sangu (original enshrined deity: Fugen Bodai) to collectively call them Sanno nanasha (Kami nanasha).
大社自体も大宮(大比叡・本地釈梼如来)、二宮(小比叡・本地薬師如来)を山王両明神とし、聖真子(本地阿弥陀如来)を加えて山王三所または三聖といい、やがて八王子(本地千手観音)、客人(本地十一面観音)、十禅師(本地地蔵菩醍)、三宮(本地普賢菩醍)を加えて山王七社（上七社）となすなど、総本山の威容を整え始めた。