Abstract
Up to Old Shrines and Temples Protection Act 1897, the definition of old shrines and temples had transformed from those whose origins were rarely old to those which were connected especially with Imperial Family, shogun's house or so. And it was not until the Old Shrines and Temples Protection Act 1897 that the architecture itself was legally regarded as cultural properties. In this second part, it is intended to make clear that the theory of conservation had shifted from conservation of 'constitution' to that of their own properties mainly from the minutes of the proceedings at the Imperial Diet about prewar legislation on conservation.
