Dojo priest - Dojo Houshi

Japanese: 道場法師 - どうじょうほうし

He was the child of thunder that appears in the Nihon Ryōiki, and a monk at Gangō-ji Temple. When a farmer in Katawa Village, Ayuchi County, Owari Province, was drawing water for his rice field, a child-like thunder fell from the sky. When he tried to strike it with his golden staff, the thunder begged for its life, promised to give him a child, and ascended to heaven in a water tank with camphor bamboo leaves floating in it. The farmer had a boy with a snake wrapped around his head. At the age of about 10, the boy competed against the Imperial Court's Rikiō in a strength contest and won. It is said that when he threw a stone, his footprints were left three inches deep. He became a boy at Gangō-ji Temple, drove away demons, and put an end to the monsters at the bell tower.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

《日本霊異記》にみえる雷より授かった子で，元興寺の僧。尾張国阿育知（あゆち）郡片蕝（かたわ）里の農夫が田に水を引くときに童形の雷が落ちて来た。金杖で打とうとしたところ，雷は命を乞い，子を授けることを約束し，楠の竹の葉を浮かべた水槽によって昇天した。農夫には頭に蛇を巻いた男子が生まれた。その子は，10余歳で朝廷の力王と力を競べ，勝つ。石を投げるときに3寸の深さに足跡がついたという。元興寺の童子となり，鬼を退け，鐘堂の怪を絶つ。

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