[1] In 1862, a funeral was held by volunteers at the Shinto burial site Reimeisha in the red seal land (朱印地) of the Shohoji (正法寺) temple of the de:Ji-shu Ryozan school.

The shrine was founded at the summit of Kyoto's Kuge (aristocratic class) and the feudal lords of Yamaguchi, Kochi, Fukui, Tottori, and Kumamoto.

In 1936 (Showa 11), there was a movement to carefully enshrine the national martyrs from Kyoto Prefecture who perished after the China Incident (支那事変) in the (Second Sino-Japanese War).

On April 1, 1939 (Showa 14), the name of the company was changed to the current name of Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine by the Declaration of the Ministry of Home Affairs (内務大臣).

In addition to Ryoma, Kido Takayoshi, Shintaro Nakaoka, Rai Mikisaburo, Umeda Unpin, Torataro Yoshimura, Kuniomi Hirano, Kusaka Genzui, Takasugi Shinsaku, Ikutaro Tokoro, Miyabe Teizo, Shunzaburo Taoka (田岡俊三郎) and others, 1,356 pillars of the late Edo period.