# Kokan Shiren

> Kokan Shiren, Japanese Rinzai Zen patriarch and celebrated poet. He preached Buddhism at the Imperial court, and was noted for his poetry in the Literature of the Five Mountains tradition. He was the compiler of a thirty-chapter Buddhist history, the Genko Shakusho, the oldest extant account of Buddhism in Japan.

*Japanese Buddhist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/kokan-shiren

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1278-05-09
- **Died:** 1347
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.1 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 7.4 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [虎关师炼](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%99%8E%E5%85%B3%E5%B8%88%E7%82%BC)
- [Kokan Shiren](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokan_Shiren)
- [Kokan Shiren](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokan_Shiren)
- [کوکان شیرن](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%86)
- [虎関師錬](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%99%8E%E9%96%A2%E5%B8%AB%E9%8C%AC)
- [Кокан Сирэн](https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD)
- [Kokan Shiren](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokan_Shiren)
- [Кокан Сирэн](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2091289)

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