The Sagano area in which the shrine is situated once flourished with the ceramic, silkworm cultivation and textile technology of the Hata clan who had settled from the Korean Peninsula.
この神社がある嵯峨野一帯はかって朝鮮半島から渡来した秦氏が製陶、養蚕、織物などの技術を持ち込んだ。