The shrine's buildings have been repeatedly destroyed by fire, including during the Onin War, and were rebuilt each time but it is said that the Tenbun Hokke War plunged all of the shrine's buildings and land into complete ruin.
応仁の乱をはじめたびたび社殿が焼失し、そのたびに再建を繰り返し、天文法華の乱によって、社殿および社領は完全に荒廃したといわれる。