After the Yamauchi family entered Tosa Province, Soke SHONAN concurrently served as the chief priest of Gyuko-ji Temple in Tosa and the chief priest of Myoshin-ji Temple Daitsu-in, and restored Enmei-ji Temple on Mt. Kotoku in Tosa Province (burnt in the Edo period).
また湘南宗化は、山内家が土佐国入国後には、土佐吸江寺住職と京都妙心寺大通院住職とを兼務し、土佐慶徳山円明寺（江戸時代に焼失）の中興を行っている。