It was the soshin (ancestor honored as god) of a powerful clan, the Miyaji clan, and was revered as Yamashina Ichinomiya (shrine with the highest ranking in Yamashina) and the Chief Ujigami (local Shinto deity).
当地の豪族・宮道氏の祖神であり、山科一宮、総氏神として崇敬を受けた。