Sōjōbō

Sōjōbō emerges as a konoha-tengu who after centuries of mastery in kenjutsu and complete shugendō asceticism ascends to the supreme rank of daitengu. The process requires having trained at least one human disciple of great renown such as Minamoto no Yoshitsune and having established himself as an authority on a specific sacred mountain. Sōjōbō is the most famous daitengu but forms part of a classic pantheon of seventeen tengu kings documented in Edo period folklore that includes Tarōbō of Mount Atago and Jirōbō of Mount Hira among others. His transformation marks the end of the tengu lineage from the yamabushi-konoha phase to total regional authority.

Sōjōbō possesses superhuman kenjutsu fully functional flight with wings of three to four meters sustained wind storm that devastates camps military prophecy temporal invisibility and command over lesser tengu of his territory. His figure measures two point one meters with intense red skin prominent nose of thirty five centimeters long white hair and beard purple monastic habit of abbot large tokin hat high geta long ōdachi and ha-uchiwa feather fan. The symbology includes red skin ha-uchiwa fan long katana white hair and purple Buddhist habit that represent ancestral authority and dominance of yang wind. Element: 風陽王.

Sōjōbō maintains a transformation relation with tengu-konoha-mountain-ascetic and variant with tengu-karasu-crow. He only accepts extraordinary human disciples such as Minamoto no Yoshitsune punishes arrogant military and defines war destinies of provinces. His main seat is Mount Kurama north of Kyoto with Kurama-dera temple and Tengu-michi route while other kings rule Atago Hira Akiba and Kōmyō. Element air-yang number seventeen animals giant crow eagle and mythical tiger. Relics include personal ōdachi and ha-uchiwa fan gifted to Yoshitsune.