The Ministry of Home Affairs' Bureau of Shinto Shrines took charge of the 'kankoku heisha' shrines (a general term for Imperial shrines (kanpeisha) and national shrines (kokuheisha)) and built new kankoku heisha shrines using public money.
官国幣社を内務省(日本)神社局が所管し、新たな官国幣社の造営には公金が投入された。