They have been identified as the 'Kohata-jinja Shrines' (Myojin Taisha) listed in the Jinmyocho (Register of Deities) of the Engishiki (procedures of the Engi era) but within Uji City there are shrines named Kohata-jinja Shrine in the two adjacent areas of Kohata and Gokasho, and these both have different histories.
式内社（名神大社）「許波多神社」の比定社であるが、宇治市内には許波多神社という名前の神社が木幡と五ヶ庄の隣接する2つの地区にあり、それぞれ異なる社伝を伝える。