In August, 1869, Kyobusho (the Ministry of Religion) issued an ordinance for Jingu Shrine and other Kankoku Heisha (a general term for high-ranked shrines under direct control of the central government) to designate places to dismount a horse or to alight from a palanquin in their precincts when Imperial families would visit there.
明治2年8月、神宮、官国幣社に皇族の参拝のある時、下馬下乗の場所を指定するよう教部省から令されている。