Worship of Ōkuninushi was widespread in the Hokuriku region from before the Nara period and is believed to have been brought to this area by migrants from Izumo.

While these are indications of its high status, in the Engishiki records compiled in 927 AD it is listed as only one of seven minor shrines in Tonami County of Etchū Province.

However, late in the Heian period, the provincial capital of Etchū was relocated to Tonami, and the Takase Jinja was elevated to an ichinomiya and was greatly enlarged.

With the growth of the Ikkō-shū movement in Etchū and the various battles of the Sengoku period, the area around the Takase Jinja was devastated, and it fell largely into ruin.

After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate and the creation of Toyama Domain, the shrine was revived with the patronage of the Maeda clan.