Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist priests

Buddhist priest and writer

Japanese writer (1873–1935)

Japanese noble (1876–1948)

thumb|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 (Buddhist warrior priests and peasants who opposed samurai rule), during its siege at the end of the Sengoku period. Similar to his father, Shōnyo (10th patriarch), 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. ==Biography== In 1570, Takeda Shingen, a relative of Kennyo through marriage, faced

Japanese philosopher

Japanese academic (1849–1927)

Japanese writer (1904-2005)

Japanese film director

daimyo

Japanese actor

thumb|The Crane Circle crest, the Mon (emblem)|family crest of the Honganji families, descendants from Kakunyo. Kakunyo (覚如, also written as 覺如; 1271–1351) 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 (head priest) of the influential Hongan-ji Temple in Kyoto. 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 f

Japanese video game producer

Japanese Shin Buddhist reformer (1863–1903)

American Buddhist scholar (1926–2017)

Japanese scholar (1895–1976)

Japanese monk

Japanese noble

Japanese monk

baseball player

Japanese explorer (1890-1968)

American explorer (1897-1964)

Japanese writer (1948–2013)

Plastic surgeon based in Tokyo