Kennyo - Kennyo

A Jodo Shinshu monk from the Azuchi-Momoyama period. The 11th head priest of Hongan-ji Temple. His given name was Kosa. He was born on January 6, 1552. His father was Shonyo (1516-1554) and his mother was Zoshin-in, the daughter of Gonchuunagon Niwatashigechika (1495-1533). He was adopted by Kujo Tanemichi (1507-1594). He was ordained at Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple on August 12, 1554 (Tenbun 23), and was appointed Hogen in April of the following year, 1555 (Koji 1). At the age of 15, he married a daughter of Hosokawa Harumoto, and in 1558 (Eiroku 1), he gave birth to his eldest son, Kyonyo. The following year, in 1559, he was appointed Monzeki (head priest) as a reward for his contribution to the ceremonies, and Hongan-ji became a Monzeki temple for the first time. In September 1570 (Genki 1), he confronted Oda Nobunaga and urged his followers in various provinces to rise up in arms, and from then on fought against Nobunaga until 1580 (Tensho 8) (the Ishiyama War). However, on April 9 of the same year, he made peace with Nobunaga by imperial order, left Ishiyama Hongan-ji, and moved to Saginomori in Kishu (Wakayama Prefecture). Letters that Kennyo issued to various places during the war years are collected in the "Kennyo Shonin Monan" and are still preserved at Nishi Hongan-ji. After Nobunaga's death, in July 1583, Hongan-ji Temple was moved to Kaizuka in Izumi (Osaka Prefecture), but Toyotomi Hideyoshi gave the temple land in Tenma, Osaka, and in August of the same year, the temple was moved there. In March 1591, Hideyoshi donated land in Nishi-Rokujo, Kyoto, and in August of the same year, Kennyo and Kyonyo moved there. This is the current site of Nishi Hongan-ji Temple. He died on November 24, 1580, at the age of 50, and was given the posthumous name of Shinraku-in.

[Hiroshi Kitanishi, July 19, 2017]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

安土(あづち)桃山時代の浄土真宗の僧。本願寺第11代宗主。諱(いみな)は光佐(こうさ)。天文(てんぶん)12年正月6日に生まれる。父は証如(しょうにょ)（1516―1554）、母は権中納言(ごんちゅうなごん)庭田重親(にわたしげちか)（1495―1533）の女(むすめ)増進院。九条稙通(くじょうたねみち)（1507―1594）の猶子(ゆうし)となる。1554年（天文23）8月12日、石山本願寺で得度し、翌1555年（弘治1）4月法眼(ほうげん)に叙せられる。15歳で細川晴元(ほそかわはるもと)の女と結婚し、1558年（永禄1）長子教如(きょうにょ)を生む。翌1559年、式料貢献の賞として門跡(もんぜき)に補され、本願寺はここに初めて門跡寺院となる。1570年（元亀1）9月、織田信長と対立して諸国の門徒に挙兵を促し、以来、1580年（天正8）まで信長と戦う（石山戦争）。しかし同年4月9日、勅命によって和睦(わぼく)し石山本願寺を退出、紀州（和歌山県）鷺森(さぎのもり)に移る。合戦時代に顕如が諸方に発給した書状は「顕如上人(しょうにん)文案」に収められ、西本願寺に現存する。信長の死後、1583年7月、本願寺を和泉(いずみ)（大阪府）の貝塚に移したが、豊臣秀吉(とよとみひでよし)から大坂天満(てんま)の地を与えられて同年8月に寺基を同地に移す。1591年3月さらに秀吉から京都西六条の地を寄進され、同年8月顕如・教如父子はこれに移る。現在の西本願寺の地がそれである。天正(てんしょう)20年11月24日50歳で没し、諡(おくりな)を信楽院(しんぎょういん)と称する。

［北西　弘　2017年7月19日］

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