There was a period where the shrine was considered a Myojin-taisha Shrine 'Yamashiro-jinja Shrine Niza in Uji District, Yamashiro Province' in Engishiki Jinmyocho (the list of deities), which is now denied.
延喜式神名帳名神大社「山城国宇治郡山科神社二座」に擬せられた時もあったが、現在は否定されている。