A succession of natural disasters were attributed to a curse placed by the retired emperor, and a Goei-do hall enshrining him as Shiramine Daigongen was built in front of the Shiramine-no-Misasagi tomb (Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture) in which his remains were interred.
その後天変地異が相次いだことから上皇の祟りとされ、上皇が葬られた白峯陵（香川県坂出市）の前に、上皇を白峯大権現として祀る御影堂が建立された。