In 1615, when the castle was set on fire in the night by Kazuma ONO, Hidenaga TOYOTOMI, the lord of the castle, seeing the fire spreading down to the central part of the castle town, prayed to Genkuro Gitsune.
元和元年(1615)、大野主馬による夜襲焼討をうけた際、城下の中心へと火が迫ってきたのを見た城主豊臣秀長が、源九郎狐に祈願をした。