Following the movement of worship, the Emperor had the Geku constructed in 478 (one year before his death), also with another aim to enshrine the Divine which had also been enshrined in the Tanba Province, a theory says.
崇敬の声が大きくなり、丹波国にも祀られていたものを、雄略天皇22年（崩御前年）に外宮を設立することで収拾を図ったのではないかとする説がある。