Origins are unclear, but there is a suggestion that it may have been right around the turn of the 9th century on property belonging to a certain Sekiguchi Hachiroemon. In 1574 it became the tutelary shrine of what was then Namamugi Village, and six years later was moved to its present location. By 1725 the stone torii was in place, and in 1877 the staircase leading up to the shrine buildings was built. The current shrine buildings were built after 1937.