About that time, a new system was introduced: Shrines were conferred Ikai (Court rank) and Ifu (fuko which were given according to ikai) like government officials (especially one of low to medium rank); the number of ifu for a shrine was the same as that for a government official of the same ikai (however, according to the records in "Shoku Nihongi" [Continuation of Chronicles of Japan] and so on, there were cases in which ifu were not paid in full).
また、この頃より神社に対しても官人と同様に位階を授けて位封を支給する制度が行われるようになり、官人の位階と同様の位封が授けられた（ただし、『続日本紀』などの記録によれば、全額が支給されていない例もあったことが判明する）。