This article is comprised of following 3 aspects.
1. Clarifies legal characteristics of modern shrine precincts by confirming laws and regulations established in the early Meiji period.
2. Examines how actual conditions of shrine precincts in Tokyo have been transformed by the system, particularly regarding the land within the precincts.
3. Examines functional changes in the shrine precincts by focusing on the architecture of the precincts, while paying attention to a phrase "place needed for rituals," which was established as a basic character of the shrine precincts after the Meiji Restoration.
