EN no Ozunu widely known in the name of EN no Gyoja was born in present-day Gose City, Nara Prefecture in the early seventh century and practiced asceticism in Yamato Katsuragi Mountain located in the boundary between Yamato Province and Kawachi Province.
役行者（えんのぎょうじゃ）の呼び名で広く知られる役小角は、7世紀前半に今の奈良県御所市に生まれ、大和国と河内国の境にある大和葛城山で修行した。