It is listed as 'Unebiyamaguchiniimasu-jinja Shrine in Takaichi-gun, Yamato Province' in the Engishiki jimmyocho (a register of shrines in Japan) and is categorised as a taisya (a grand shrine) in charge of the Tsukinami-sai and Niiname-sai festivals (ceremonial offering by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice to the deities).
延喜式神名帳では「大和国高市郡畝火山口坐神社」と記載され、大社に列格、月次・新嘗の奉幣に預ると記されている。