It is a ronja (shrines considered to be descendants of a shikinai-sha) of shikinai-sha (shrine listed in the Engishiki (List of Official Shrines)) myojin-taisha shrine 'Uji district of Yamashiro Province Yamashina jinja niza' (the other ronja is the Iwaya-jinja Shrine (Kyoto City)).
式内社名神大社「山城国宇治郡山科神社二座」の論社である（他の論社は岩屋神社(京都市)）。