for the sect. He began to enlist the help of Ikko sectarians to aid Toyotomi Hideyoshi, in order to gain Hideyoshi's favor. In 1583, Kōsa sent Ikko warriors to harass Hideyoshi's enemy Shibata Katsuie, and in 1587 he sent messengers to Kyushu, asking Ikko leaders there to act as guides for Hideyoshi's army in Satsuma Province. In 1589, Hideyoshi granted Kōsa his wish for a new Hongan-ji. The site was the shrine to the patriarch Shinran, in Kyoto; it was moved in 1591, and is now known as the Nishi Hongan-ji. In popular culture In fiction, Kōsa usually appears with the name Honganji Kennyo. Kennyo appears as a non-playable character in Koei's video games Samurai Warriors, Kessen III and Mōri Motonari: Chikai no Sanshi, and as a playable character in Capcom's Sengoku Basara 2, where he is depicted as an obese, greedy leader of a religious sect. Also appears in Total War: Shogun 2 as a playable faction leader and in battle general, notable for large peasant armies, and elite warrior monk retinues. Kennyo is also a character in Ikémen Sengoku, a dating simulator otome game released by Cybird in 2015. Sources George Sansom. A History of Japan: 1334–1615. Stanford: Stanford University Press (1961) References 1543 births 1592 deaths 16th-century Japanese people Japanese religious leaders Japanese warrior monks Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist priests