# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/enku
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:02:40.436Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/enku"
name: "Enkū"
slug: "enku"
description: "Enkū (円空) (1632–1695) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, poet and sculptor during the early Edo period. He was born in Mino Province and is famous for carving thousands of wooden statues of the Buddha and other Buddhist icons, many of which were given in payment for lodging on his pilgrimages to temples throughout Japan."
tagline: "Japanese sculptor and monk"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Enk%C5%AB.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1632"
deathDate: "1695-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.95
  momentum:             4.548265200961869
  historical:           9.285793333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%86%E7%A9%BA"
    title: "圆空"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enk%C5%AB"
    title: "Enkū"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enk%C5%AB"
    title: "Enkū"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enku"
    title: "Enku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enk%C5%AB"
    title: "Enkū"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%86%86%E7%A9%BA"
    title: "円空"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enk%C5%AB"
    title: "Enkū"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%83"
    title: "Энку"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B9"
    title: "เอ็งกู"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%83"
    title: "Енку"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2406940"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump