En no Gyōja

He was banished by the Imperial Court to Izu Ōshima on June 26, 699, but folk tales at least as old as the Nihon Ryōiki (c. 800) recount his supernatural powers and exploits.

According to the chronicle Shoku Nihongi (797 AD), En no Ozunu was banished to the island of Izu Ōshima on June 26, 699: On hinoto-ushi (sexagenary "fire ox") day[a] [24th day of the 5th month, Mommu 3 (June 26, 699 AD)], En no Kimi Ozunu was banished to Izu no Shima.

Ozunu had first lived in Mount Katsuragi and been acclaimed for his sorcery and was the teacher of Outer Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade Karakuni no Muraji Hirotari [ja].

"[1]In spite of this incident, it seems that the Court continued to highly evaluate the herbal knowledge of Ozunu's school, since Vol.

Authorship of the non-canonical Sutra on the Unlimited Life of the Threefold Body is attributed to En no Gyōja.

Statue of En no Gyōja, Kamakura period , c. 1300–1375, Kimbell Art Museum
Statue of En no Gyōja in Goryūsonryū-in [ ja ] , Kurashiki , Okayama Prefecture , Japan
Muromachi period portrait of En no Gyōja accompanied by two oni (demons) providing water and wood