Since its foundation, it has belonged to Todai-ji Temple as its chinju-sha shrine (a guardian shrine of a temple), but it attained independence from Todai-ji Temple at the time of the separation of Buddhism and Shintoism in the Meiji Period.
創建以来、東大寺に属しその鎮守社とされてきたが、明治の神仏分離の際に東大寺から独立した。