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Nichiren Shōshū (日 蓮 正 宗; English: The Orthodox School of Nichiren) is a branch of Nichiren Buddhism based on the traditionalist teachings of the 13th

Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222–1282) and is one of the Kamakura period schools. Its teachings

objects within Nichiren Buddhism, referring to the calligraphic paper mandala inscribed by the 13th Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren 日蓮to which devotional

Nichiren (日蓮; Japanese pronunciation: [ɲi.tɕiꜜ.ɾeɴ, ɲiꜜ.tɕi.ɾeɴ], 6 April 1222 – 13 October 1282) was a Japanese Buddhist monk and philosopher of the Kamakura

six senior disciples of Nichiren and was the former Chief Priest of Kuon-ji temple in Mount Minobu, Japan. Various Nichiren sects in Japan claim to have

67th High Priest of Nichiren Shōshū and chief priest of Taiseki-ji head Temple in Fujinomiya, Japan.[citation needed] Before becoming High Priest, he served

Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren. Sōka Gakkai has been led by Minoru Harada since December 2023. It claims the largest membership among Nichiren Buddhist groups

is Nichiren Shoshu's administrative center, and its chief abbot (貫主, Kanzu) Chief Priest is simultaneously the high priest (法主 (Hossu)) of Nichiren Shoshu

due to their inexperience. This was accepted by Nichiren masters, who sent a large delegation of priests and laymen from Kyoto. Oda Nobunaga, who effectively

an ordained Nichiren priest, but was rather a self-styled preacher whose extremist tenets were widely denounced by Japan's mainline Nichiren Buddhist establishment