Shonyo Kokyo

• Born: 1516
• Died: 1554
• Sons: Kennyo Kosa
• Distinction: Founder of the Ishiyama Honganji
• Japanese: 証如 (Shounyo)

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

• Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005

• 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