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Kōsa

Index Kōsa

, also known as Hongan-ji Kennyo (本願寺 顕如), was the 11th head of the Hongan-ji in Kyoto, 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. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 31 relations: Asakura clan, Azai clan, Buddhism in Japan, Capcom, Emperor of Japan, Hongan-ji, Ikkō-ikki, Ishiyama Hongan-ji, Ishiyama Hongan-ji War, Kaga Province, Kessen III, Kii Province, Koei, Kyoto, Mōri clan, Musashi Province, Oda Nobunaga, Osaka, Sagami Province, Samurai Warriors, Satsuma Province, Sengoku Basara, Sengoku period, Shibata Katsuie, Shinran, Takeda Katsuyori, Takeda Shingen, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Uesugi clan, Uesugi Kenshin.

  2. Japanese religious leaders
  3. Japanese warrior monks
  4. Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist priests

Asakura clan

The is a Japanese kin group.

See Kōsa and Asakura clan

Azai clan

The, also rendered as Asai, was a Japanese clan during the Sengoku period.

See Kōsa and Azai clan

Buddhism in Japan

Buddhism was first established in Japan in the 6th century CE.

See Kōsa and Buddhism in Japan

Capcom

is a Japanese video game company.

See Kōsa and Capcom

Emperor of Japan

The emperor of Japan is the hereditary monarch and head of state of Japan.

See Kōsa and Emperor of Japan

Hongan-ji

, also archaically romanized as Hongwanji, is the collective name of the largest school of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism (which further sub-divides into the Nishi and Higashi branches).

See Kōsa and Hongan-ji

Ikkō-ikki

were rebellious or autonomous groups of people that were formed in several regions of Japan in the 15th-16th centuries; backed up by the power of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, they opposed the rule of governors or daimyō. Kōsa and Ikkō-ikki are Japanese warrior monks.

See Kōsa and Ikkō-ikki

Ishiyama Hongan-ji

The was the primary fortress of the Ikkō-ikki, leagues of warrior priests and commoners who opposed samurai rule during the Sengoku period.

See Kōsa and Ishiyama Hongan-ji

Ishiyama Hongan-ji War

The was a ten-year military campaign that took place from 1570 to 1580 in Sengoku period Japan, carried out by lord Oda Nobunaga against a network of fortifications, temples, and communities belonging to the Ikkō-ikki, a powerful faction of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist monks and peasants opposed to the rule of the samurai class.

See Kōsa and Ishiyama Hongan-ji War

Kaga Province

was a province of Japan in the area that is today the south and western portion of Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan.

See Kōsa and Kaga Province

Kessen III

is the third and final Kessen title by Koei for PlayStation 2.

See Kōsa and Kessen III

Kii Province

, or, was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the southern part of Mie Prefecture.

See Kōsa and Kii Province

Koei

Koei Co., Ltd. was a Japanese video game publisher, developer, and distributor founded in 1978.

See Kōsa and Koei

Kyoto

Kyoto (Japanese: 京都, Kyōto), officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu.

See Kōsa and Kyoto

Mōri clan

The Mōri clan (毛利氏 Mōri-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto.

See Kōsa and Mōri clan

Musashi Province

was a province of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo Metropolis, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture.

See Kōsa and Musashi Province

Oda Nobunaga

was a Japanese daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. Kōsa and Oda Nobunaga are 16th-century Japanese people.

See Kōsa and Oda Nobunaga

Osaka

is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan, and one of the three major cities of Japan (Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya).

See Kōsa and Osaka

Sagami Province

was a province of Japan located in what is today the central and western Kanagawa Prefecture.

See Kōsa and Sagami Province

Samurai Warriors

is the first title in the series of hack and slash video games created by Koei's Omega Force team based closely around the Sengoku ("Warring States") period of Japanese history and is a sister series of the Dynasty Warriors series, released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2004.

See Kōsa and Samurai Warriors

Satsuma Province

was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.

See Kōsa and Satsuma Province

Sengoku Basara

is a series of video games developed and published by Capcom, and a bigger media franchise based on it, including three anime shows, an anime movie, a live action show, and numerous drama CDs, light novels, manga, and stage plays.

See Kōsa and Sengoku Basara

Sengoku period

The, is the period in Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries.

See Kōsa and Sengoku period

Shibata Katsuie

or was a Japanese samurai and military commander during the Sengoku period.

See Kōsa and Shibata Katsuie

Shinran

Popular Buddhism in Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture by Esben Andreasen, pp. Kōsa and Shinran are Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist priests.

See Kōsa and Shinran

Takeda Katsuyori

was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period, who was famed as the head of the Takeda clan and the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen.

See Kōsa and Takeda Katsuyori

Takeda Shingen

was daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan.

See Kōsa and Takeda Shingen

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Kōsa and Tokugawa Ieyasu are 16th-century Japanese people.

See Kōsa and Tokugawa Ieyasu

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

, otherwise known as and, was a Japanese samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan. Kōsa and Toyotomi Hideyoshi are 16th-century Japanese people.

See Kōsa and Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Uesugi clan

The is a Japanese samurai clan which was at its peak one of the most powerful during the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (14th to 17th centuries).

See Kōsa and Uesugi clan

Uesugi Kenshin

, later known as, was a Japanese daimyō.

See Kōsa and Uesugi Kenshin

See also

Japanese religious leaders

Japanese warrior monks

Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist priests

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kōsa

Also known as Honganji Kennyo, Honganji Kennyō, Kennyo, Kennyo Honganji, Kennyo Kosa, Kennyo Kōsa.