Chikuma, where the shrine is located, used to be the manor of Dairi Daizen-shiki (the Office of the Palace Table of the Court) in the year of Emperor Kanmu and it had been considered a guardian of the manor until it was abolished in 1070.
鎮座地の筑摩は桓武天皇の時代に内裏大膳職の御厨が置かれた地で、延久2年（1070年）に御厨が廃されるまで御厨の鎮守とされた。