The Jinmyocho (Register of Deities) of the Engishiki (procedures of the Engi era) classifies the shrine as a Myojin Taisha and it became included as one of the Twenty-Two Shrines as an ujigami of the maternal relatives of the Emperor Ninmyo.
『延喜式』では名神大社に列し、仁明天皇の外戚の氏神として二十二社にも列した。