It is first seen in the history of the nation in the July 8, 702 section of the "Shoku-Nihongi" (the second in a series of chronicles about Japan), and thereafter frequently received hohei (offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god) by the Imperial Court as the god for praying for rain.
国史の初見は『続日本紀』大宝(日本)2年（702年）7月8日条で、その後も祈雨の神としてたびたび朝廷からの奉幣があった。