However, from the Kamakura period, it was regarded as the ichinomiya of the province, and had a large number of estates, with which it often clashed with secular authorities.

During the Nanboku-cho period, the shrine is the location where Imperial loyalist Sakurayama Koretoshi (桜山茲俊) raised an army in 1331 in support of the Southern Court.

However, as detailed in the Taiheiki, after receiving a false report that Kusunoki Masashige had been defeated at Akasaka Castle, he committed suicide with his wife and children and burned the shrine down.

[3] Kō no Moroyasu issued a decree in 1346 ordering the Bingo shugo to stop harassing the shrine.

[4] The shrine is located a twenty-minute walk from Shin-ichi Station on the JR West Fukuen Line.