Kiichi Hōgen

Kiichi Hōgen (jp. 鬼一法眼 ) is a legendary Japanese monk and warrior from the 1100s who appeared in "Gikeiki", a military epic about the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, written in the early Muromachi period. Hōgen is a honorific title for a monk, not a name,

He was an onmyoji who resided at Horikawa-dori in Heian-kyō (Kyoto), and was an authority on the magical art of warfare called Rikuto-heiho. The play originally had five acts, but only two main parts have survived: "Kikubatake" ("The Chrysanthemum Garden"), the main scene of the 3rd act, and "Ichijō Ōkura Monogatari", the core of the 4th act. The final act, "Gojō no Hashi" is rarely performed.

In addition, there is a shrine, Kiichi hōgen sha, in the precincts of Kurama-dera, visited often by people wishing for improvement in the martial arts.