The shrine is a ronja (shrine considered to be predecessor of a shikinaisha) of a shrine registered in the Engishiki Jinmyocho (a register of shrines in Japan), 'Yatsugi-jinja Shrine in Yamabe County, Yamato Province' (other ronja are Yatsugi-jinja Shrine in Otogi-cho, Tenri City and Yatsurugi-jinja Shrine in Tainosho-cho, Tenri City).
延喜式神名帳「大和国山辺郡夜都伎神社」の論社である（他の論社は同市乙木町の夜都岐神社と田井庄町の八剣神社(天理市)）。