# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otani-kozui
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:35:53.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otani-kozui"
name: "Ōtani Kōzui"
slug: "otani-kozui"
description: "Count Ōtani Kōzui  was a Japanese Buddhist leader and explorer who was the 22nd Abbot of Nishi Hongan-ji and the head of the Honganji-ha sect of Buddhism. He is known for expeditions to Buddhist archaeological sites in Central Asia, such as Subashi Temple near Kucha. His Dharma name was Kyōnyo (鏡如)."
tagline: "Japanese noble (1876–1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kozui_Otani_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1876-12-27"
deathDate: "1948-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.07
  momentum:             10
  historical:           12.02176
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%B0%B7%E5%85%89%E7%91%9E"
    title: "大谷光瑞"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "اوتانى كوزوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%B9_%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96"
    title: "Кадзуй Атані"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ctani_K%C5%8Dzui"
    title: "Ōtani Kōzui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ctani_K%C5%8Dzui"
    title: "Ōtani Kōzui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dzui_%C5%8Ctani"
    title: "Kōzui Ōtani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%B0%B7%E5%85%89%E7%91%9E"
    title: "大谷光瑞"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%ED%83%80%EB%8B%88_%EA%B3%A0%EC%A6%88%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "오타니 고즈이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ctani_K%C5%8Dzui"
    title: "Ōtani Kōzui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%B9"
    title: "Отани, Кодзуй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ctani_K%C5%8Dzui"
    title: "Ōtani Kōzui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%83%D1%97"
    title: "Отані Кодзуї"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%AC%E9%A1%98%E5%AF%BA%E9%8F%A1%E5%A6%82"
    title: "本願寺鏡如"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%94tani_K%C3%B4zui"
    title: "Ôtani Kôzui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q386254"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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