When Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA constructed Kitayama-dono Palace (which later became Rokuon-ji Temple (also known as Kinkaku-ji Temple)) in 1397, it became inconvenient for visitors to access the shrines so both shrines were relocated to their current sites.
応永4年（1397年）、足利義満が北山殿（後の鹿苑寺（金閣寺））を造営するに当たり、参拝に不便になったことから、両社を合祀して現在地に遷座した。