Shuten Doji was the chief of the oni (a kind of demon or ogre), who were believed to live on Oi no Saka (Oi Hill Road) in Oe at the border between Kyoto and Tanba Province (he may also have been a robber).
酒呑童子（しゅてんどうじ）は、京都市と丹波国の国境の大枝（老の坂）に住んでいたとされる鬼の頭領（盗賊であったとも）である。