The shrine has been called 'the cradle shrine of the Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan)' as it was the legitimate heir and shrine founder MINAMOTO no Mitsunaka who assembled the samurai group of the Seiwa Genji.
嫡子で、当社を創建した源満仲が清和源氏の武士団を形成したことから、「清和源氏発祥の宮」を称している。