# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kuya
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:49:41.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kuya"
name: "Kūya"
slug: "kuya"
description: "Kūya  was an itinerant Japanese hijiri, later ordained in the Tendai sect, who was an early proselytizer of the practice of the nembutsu amongst the populace. Kūya's efforts helped promote Pure Land Buddhism to the capital at a time when the movement was first gaining traction in Japan. For his efforts, Kūya earned the name ichi hijiri and Amida hijiri. Kūya was known for taking images with him on his travels and added musical rhythm and dance to his prayers, known as odori nembutsu. Like Gyōki, he is said to have performed works for the public benefit, such as building roads and bridges, digging wells, and burying abandoned corpses."
tagline: "903-972"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kuya_Portrait.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "903"
deathDate: "0972-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.56
  momentum:             1.801715919923737
  historical:           10.83208666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E7%A9%BA%E4%B9%9F"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%ABya"
    title: "Kūya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%ABya"
    title: "Kūya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%ABya"
    title: "Kūya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7_(%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A8)"
    title: "کویا (راهب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%ABya"
    title: "Kūya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A9%BA%E4%B9%9F"
    title: "空也"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%ABya"
    title: "Kūya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%8F_(%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85)"
    title: "Куя (монах)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B0"
    title: "คูยะ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%8F"
    title: "Куя"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A9%BA%E4%B9%9F"
    title: "空也"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2975265"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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