Shonyo Kokyo

Kokyô was the grandson of Jitsunyo Koken and founded the Ishiyama Honganji after the Yamashina Honganji was destroyed in Kyoto in 1532 by the Hosokawa, Rokkaku, and the Nichiren sect.

References

  • Tsang, Carol Richmond War and Faith Cambridge (MA) & London:Harvard University Press, 2007
  • Bowring, Richard The Religious Traditions of Japan 500-1600 New York:Cambridge University Press, 2005