This is described in 'Nihon Eitaigura' by Saikaku IHARA, published in 1688, as 'In a village called Ominato, Kiji, Taiji, a wife and child sang. This place has prospered, and among the Wakamatsu Village, a torii celebrating the Kujira ebisu no miya stands, made of bones from the trunk of the fish, and about three-jo (jo is a unit of length, 1-jo is about 3.03m length) high.' indicating that it existed before 1688.
このことは井原西鶴の「日本永代蔵」1688年（貞享5年）刊行に「紀路大湊、泰地といふ里の、妻子のうたへり　此所は繁昌にして　若松村立ける中に　鯨恵比須の宮をいはひ　鳥井に　其魚の胴骨立しに　高さ三丈ばかりも　有ぬべし」と記述があり1688年より古くから存在していた事がわかる。