Following the defeat of the Takeda clan during the Sengoku period, the Tsutsujigasaki fortified residence of Takeda Shingen was allowed to fall into ruins, and the center of Kōfu shifted south to surround Kōfu Castle, the center of administrative power under the Tokugawa shogunate.

[1] Following the visit of Emperor Meiji to Yamanashi Prefecture in 1880, a local movement developed for a shrine to honor the loyalists who had served in the Boshin War.

The shrine grounds contain a museum, in which numerous artifacts pertaining to Takeda Shingen, including armor, weapons, battle standards, and personal effects, are displayed.

The Takeda Shrine owns a tachi Japanese sword presented to Yamanashi Prefecture by Sanjō Sanetomi to commemorate the visit by Emperor Meiji in 1880.

The sword is attributed to the noted swordsmith Yoshioka Ichimonji from Bizen, although its half has only the kanji for "ichi" graved upon it.