One such means of 'goso' was the 'shinboku-doza' (moving of the sacred tree), in which the monks went up to Kyoto under the authority of the Sakaki tree (shinboku (sacred tree)) into which a divine spirit of Kasuga-taisha Shrine was infused.
その手段として、春日大社の神霊を移した榊の木（神木）を奉じて上洛する「神木動座」があった。