In 1871, the Grand Council of State declared that Shinto shrines should be enshrined by the nation, and the Koshitsu Saishi Rei (the Ordinance of the Imperial Household Religious Rites), which defined Court rituals, was enacted as one of the Imperial Household Orders in 1908.
には「神社は国家の宗祀」との太政官布告が出され、には宮中祭祀について定めた皇室祭祀令が皇室令の一つとして制定された。