# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shunkan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:19:07.425Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shunkan"
name: "Shunkan"
slug: "shunkan"
description: "Shunkan  was a Japanese monk who, after taking part in the Shishigatani plot to overthrow Taira no Kiyomori, was exiled along with two others to Kikai-ga-shima. His story is featured in the Heike monogatari, and in a number of traditional derivative works, including the Noh play Shunkan and jōruri play Heike Nyogo-ga-shima. Twentieth century authors Kan Kikuchi and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa also produced works entitled Shunkan."
tagline: "Japanese monk"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yoshitoshi-Vertical_diptych_of_the_sea-1887.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1143"
deathDate: "1179"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.48
  momentum:             7.536789305157052
  historical:           7.726324
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BF%8A%E5%AF%AC"
    title: "俊寬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A8)"
    title: "شونكان (راهب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunkan"
    title: "Shunkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunkan"
    title: "Shunkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "شونکان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunkan"
    title: "Shunkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BF%8A%E5%AF%9B"
    title: "俊寛"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8E%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Сюнкан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73539"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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