Also, traditions and research into the historical background of holy precincts called kannabi (places such as a mountain or a forest where a divine soul resides), which had been regarded as shintai since before the time of Emperor Kanmu, a period known as Jodai, mean the origins of modern Shrine Shinto are well-understood and anything whose concept is different is referred to by the word "kamishiro".
そして上代（じょうだい）といわれる桓武天皇の時代以前から神体とされた神域としての神奈備（かんなび）などの時代考証や伝統により、由来のはっきりした現在の神社神道と概念の異なるものは、かみしろ（神代・上代）とされ語句がある。