In the Engishiki jimmyocho (a register of shrines in Japan) it is listed as 'Amakashinimasu-jinja Shrine Shiza in Takaichi-gun, Yamato Province' and is categorised as a taisha (grand shrine) in charge of the monthly Ainame-sai and Niiname-sai Festivals (ceremonial offering of newly-harvested rice by the Emperor to the deities).
延喜式神名帳には「大和国高市郡甘樫坐神社四座」と記載され、大社に列格、月次・相嘗・新嘗の奉幣に預ると記されている。