In 1842 the 'Koka incident' occurred, in which tens of thousands of farmers got together in front of the main building of this shrine and rose against the land survey conducted by the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
天保13年（1842年）、当社社頭に数万の農民が集まり幕府の検地に反対して決起した「甲賀騒動」が起こった。