 Developing the aquatic connections, an early fourteenth-century account of itinerant monk Ikkō, the , written in 1328 by a monk at on the subject of the temple's founder, relates an episode involving Ikkō, Hachiman, the Dragon King, and a waniguchi.According to this text, when Ikkō was performing "odori" (dancing) "nembutsu" at Usa Hachimangū, Hachiman appeared and gave him a waniguchi.When Ikkō was subsequently journeying to Shikoku, the Dragon King manifested himself and requested Ikkō's gong.