What follows is largely taken from the shrine's home page.

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History

On September 9, 709, the tutelary deity of the Niukawakami Jinja in Nara, Okami-no-kami (in another reading “Ryūjin” Dragon King), was replicated in a shrine which had just been built and is now known as Ebara Jinja. On June 19, 1247, Gozu-tennō of Kyōtō’s Yasaka Jinja was similarly replicated. From olden times the shrine has been known as the Dragon guardian of Shinagawa and over the centuries has received the support of the Genji, Tokugawa, Uesugi, and other Samurai families. The shrine had been known as Kibune-sha, Tennō-sha, Kifunei Daimyōjin, and Shinagawa Daimyōjin before the current name was decided on in 1875. The name was taken from Ebara-gun, the pre-modern name for the areas now known as Shinagawa, Ōta, Meguro, and Setagaya, and reflects the shrine's historical preeminence in the area. 

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Description

Pleasantly situated across a narrow street from the Meguro River, Ebara Jinja is less than ten minutes on foot to the west of Shimbamba station. Along with Shinagawa Jinja it is one of the Tōkai Shichi Fukujin (Tōkai Seven Lucky Gods), the particular kami it enshrines is Ebisu. It is easy to visit both shrines in one outing, but if it were a question of either/or I would plump for Shinagawa. 

The shrine’s main hall dates back to 1844, and its hengaku was inscribed by Prince Saijō Sanetomi.