With his powerful incantation and prayer, Dokyo sought to ingratiate himself with the imperial house, seized power and interfered in politics, thereby often being compared to 'Mad Monk' Grigori Rasputin who lived in the last years of the Russian Empire. 祈祷の力をもって王家に取り入って権力を握り、政治に容喙したことから、よくロシア帝国末期の怪僧グリゴリー・ラスプーチンと対比される。 |