There are not many written records about the shrine, but the imperial words documents of 1800 to Tamakiyama betto, Takamuro-in Shrine, says 'Tamaki-yama is the sacred place called Oku-no-in of Kumano Sanzan (Kumano three shrines) and has a special history' and it is said that there was a place to pray called Yohaisho in Kumano-hongu Shrine (Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture), where people can pray to Tamaki-jinja Shrine from the distance.
文献の記録は少ないが、寛政12年（1800年）の玉置山別当高牟婁院宛沙汰書には「玉置山は熊野三山の奥の院で格別の由緒があり」と書かれており、熊野本宮（現・和歌山県田辺市）に玉置神社の遥拝所があったという。