Dokyo, the top of the three most evil men in Japan - how true is the bad reputation of this magnum monk who was highly valued by Emperor Shoutoku?

Dokyo, Taira no Masakado, and Ashikaga Takauji are known as the three villains of Japan. Dokyo is said to be the most evil of the three because he was said to have "tried to become emperor", but in reality, what he did was not particularly bloody. He is said to have died on April 7, 772 (there are various theories about the date of his death), two years after being demoted to the head priest of Yakushi-ji Temple in Shimotsuke Province. What kind…