Zenki, the husband is a red ogre, representing yang of yin-yang, with an iron axe, and goes in front of EN no Ozunu and clears the path as the name shows.
夫の前鬼は陰陽の陽をあらわす赤鬼で鉄斧を手にし、その名のとおり役小角の前を進み道を切り開く。