This shrine is described as 'Kuze no gun Mito no Kunitsuyashiro' in the lost writings of "Yamashiro no kuni Fudoki," suggesting that it existed in the Nara period, when the fudoki was compiled.
「山城国風土記」逸文に、「久世の郡水渡の社祗社」とあることから、風土記が編さんされた奈良時代には存在したと考えられる。