In places in which relationships by blood and marriage are close and the main and branch family system is firmly rooted in the community, the entire family gathers in the main house to worship the 'clan yashiki-gami', but as family relationships weaken and members grow apart, the practice of gathering in the main house to worship becomes replaced by worshipping a 'main family yashik-gami'.
集落内の親族関係が密接で本家分家体制が強固なところでは、一族がそろって本家に集まり祭祀をする「一門屋敷神」であるが、親族同士の関係が弱まり、希薄になると、本家に一族がそろって祭祀を行なうことはなくなり、「本家屋敷神」の状態となる。