It has been reported that 宝譽, the priest in Choan-ji Village had a dream where Genkuro Gitsune in the form of an old man, told 宝譽 that if he enshrined him in Koriyama-jo Castle, he would become a guardian god of the castle.
翁の姿をした源九郎狐が、長安寺村の宝譽という僧の夢枕に立ち、郡山城に自分を祀ってくれたら、城の守護神になろう、と告げた。