Shokoku-ji Temple built a small shrine for Sotan Inari (fox deity), mourning the death of Sotan Gitsune that had contributed greatly for the temple, and made the fox the guardian deity of the So-do Hall (a hall for meditation).
相国寺は寺のために尽くしてくれた宗旦狐の死を哀れみ、宗旦稲荷として祠を築き、狐を僧堂の守護神とした。