The shrine is thought to be the descendant of the shikinaisha (shrine listed in the Engishiki Jimmyocho (a register of shrines in Japan) 'Yatsugi-jinja Shrine in Yamabe County, Yamato Province' (Juni-jinja Shrine in Takenouchi-cho, Tenri City and Yatsurugi-jinja Shrine in Tainosho-cho, Tenri City are theorized as being predecessors).
延喜式神名帳「大和国山辺郡夜都伎神社」の論社である（他の論社は同市竹之内町の十二神社(天理市)と田井庄町の八剣神社(天理市)）。