Kousa may refer to:
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Kousa dogwood Kousa may refer to:
* Kousa dogwood (''Cornus kousa'')
* ''kousa'' or ''kōsa'', known as Asian Dust
* Kōsa (also known as Honganji Kennyo), the leader of Ishiyama Hongan-ji and Ikkō-Ikki rebels.
* Kousa or kusa, a type of squash (fruit)
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(''Cornus kousa'')
* ''kousa'' or ''kōsa'', known as
Asian Dust
*
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 ...
(also known as Honganji Kennyo), the leader of
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. It was established in 1496, at the mouth of the Yodo River, on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea. At the t ...
and
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''. Mainly con ...
rebels.
* Kousa or kusa, a type of
squash (fruit)
''Cucurbita'' (Latin for gourd) is a genus of herbaceous fruits in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae (also known as ''cucurbits'' or ''cucurbi''), native to the Andes and Mesoamerica. Five edible species are grown and consumed for their flesh and ...
in the Levant, similar to the zucchini
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