Kabuza was the privileged festival group, in which only designated family members with qualifications for membership over generations such as Nanushi (village headman), Kusawake (a pioneer), Kanjoshu (a person who prays for the coming of a deity), Shake (family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis), Shanin (Shinto priesthood of a lower rank) and their related families could participate.
株座は名主・草分け・勧請主・社家・社人やその一族など特定の家々が世代を超えて資格を保持しておりその家系の者だけが参加できる特権的祭祀組織である。