Kakunyo
Japanese Jōdo Shinshū priest (1270-1351) and great-grandson of Shinran · Japan · On the map · Lived 1271 to 1351 · aged 80
Kakunyo was a key figure of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism active from the late Kamakura period through the Nanboku-chō period. He was the great-grandson of Shinran and served as the third Monshu of the influential Hongan-ji Temple in Kyoto.
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As head priest of the Ōtani Hongan-ji, he played a decisive role in transforming Shinran's mausoleum into a fully institutionalized Buddhist temple. He is thus regarded by modern scholars as the de facto founder of Hongan-ji as a true religious institution with a doctrinal orthodoxy and regular services.