# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kosa
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:51:17.692Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kosa"
name: "Kōsa"
slug: "kosa"
description: "Kennyo , also known as Kōsa (光佐), was the 11th patriarch of the Hongan-ji lineage of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, and Chief Abbot of Ishiyama Hongan-ji, cathedral fortress of the Ikkō-ikki, during its siege at the end of the Sengoku period. Similar to his father, Shōnyo, Kennyo engineered many alliances, and organized the defenses of the cathedral to the point that most at the time considered Ishiyama Hongan-ji to be unbreachable."
tagline: "Japanese warrior monk"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kennyo02.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1543-03-02"
deathDate: "1592-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.29
  momentum:             5.946088794926005
  historical:           11.53556266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A1%AF%E5%A6%82"
    title: "顯如"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dsa"
    title: "Kōsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dsa"
    title: "Kōsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88"
    title: "هونگانجی کننیو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dsa"
    title: "Kōsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosa"
    title: "Kosa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dsa_(monaco_buddista)"
    title: "Kōsa (monaco buddista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A1%95%E5%A6%82"
    title: "顕如"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B2%90%EB%87%A8"
    title: "겐뇨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dsa"
    title: "Kōsa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%AC%E9%A1%98%E5%AF%BA%E9%A1%AF%E5%A6%82"
    title: "本願寺顯如"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennyo"
    title: "Kennyo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1045296"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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