Emperors during the Sekkanseiji period (regency period) intensified their authority through hohei (offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god) or by visits to shrines such as Ise-jingu Shrine, Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine, and Kamo-sha Shrine.
摂関政治期の天皇は伊勢神宮をはじめ、石清水八幡宮、賀茂社などの神社に奉幣したり行幸したりして権威を高めた。