Although the prayer manner was different in each shrine in the past, unification to the current method, twice bowing, twice clapping and one-time bowing' was implemented due to the separation of Buddhism and Shintoism in the Meiji period.
かつて、拝礼の作法は各神社によってさまざまだったが、現在の二拝二拍手一拝に統一されたのは明治期の神仏分離によるものである。