Before the Meiji period, it was under command of Shogo-in Shrine in Kyoto, also called Tamaki-Sansho-Gongen, and it prospered as a place for Shugendo doctrine with ７ monk's residences called bo and 15 temples in the mountain.
明治以前は京都の聖護院の配下にあって玉置三所権現とも呼ばれ、山中に7坊・15寺の神宮寺を備えた修験道場として栄えていた。