Every year in the city of Gifu, site of Joon-ji Temple, where Sakuden took the tonsure and became a monk, the 'Sakuden Great Prize of the All-Japan Student Rakugo Championship' is awarded as the highest prize, using Sakuden's name as the reputed father of Rakugo.
出家した浄音寺のある岐阜市では落語の祖といわれた策伝の名を冠した「全日本学生落語選手権・策伝大賞」が毎年開催されている。