Dosan's childhood name was Minemaru, and he entered Buddhist priesthood at Myokaku-ji Temple in Kyoto in the spring time when he was 11 years old, and he was given the Buddhist name Horenbo.
道三は幼名を峰丸といい、11歳の春に京都妙覚寺で得度を受け、法蓮房の名で僧侶となった。