This Shrine was also worshiped as guardian deity by Genji, as well as by many Kawachi Genji families among Seiwa Genji, such as the Ashikaga, Tokugawa, Imagawa, and Takeda clans, and was thus respected as the god of fighting, archery and victory.
また、源氏をはじめ、足利氏・徳川氏・今川氏・武田氏など、多くの清和源氏の中の河内源氏の系統が氏神として信仰したことから武神・弓矢の神・必勝の神として崇敬された