In 1889, a request to establish a shrine to enshrine the KUSUNOKI clan including Masatsura by the supporters living in the place where the clan and others had died out of loyalty was approved, and an imperial proclamation for the name of the shrine and sanction to place it as Bekkaku-Kanpeisha (a special government shrine) were given.
明治22年には殉節地の地元有志等による正行を初め楠木一族を祀る神社創祀の願いが聴届けられ、社号宣下と別格官幣社列格の勅許が下りた。