Starting in the Muromachi period, belief in Daikokuten began to merge with folk belief in "Okuninushi no mikoto," which is why Daikokuten statues with smiling faces started to appear.
室町時代以降は「大国主命（おおくにぬしのみこと）」の民族的信仰と習合されて、微笑の相が加えられた。