Kakunyo

Kakunyo (覚如) (1270-1351) is the great-grandson of Shinran, founder of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, and the third caretaker, or Monshu of the family mausoleum, which gradually became the Hongan-ji Temple in Kyoto, Japan.^[1] He was responsible for being the first to compile information about Shinran's life, and formalizing the new Jōdo Shinshū sect, while re-asserting power at the mausoleum away from Shinshu followers in the Kantō region. Kakunyo was an avid writer whose liturgies comprise an important part of Jōdo Shinshū services, while his biography on Shinran, the Godenshō (御伝鈔) is still an important source for scholars.

References

1. Amstutz, Galen (8 June 2020). Critical Readings on Pure Land Buddhism in Japan: Volume 2. BRILL. p. 355. ISBN 978-90-04-40151-8.