Upon the enactment of the Ordinance Distinguishing Shinto and Buddhism in the early Meiji period, people were prohibited from officially use the word 'myojin' together with other words such as 'gongen' and "Hachiman Daibosatsu" (Great Bodhisattava Hachiman).
明治初期の神仏分離により「権現」「八幡大菩薩」などの称とともに公用を禁止された。