Nichirenism

Nichirenism (日蓮主義, Nichirenshugi) is the nationalistic interpretation of the teachings of Nichiren.[1] The most well known representatives of this form of Nichiren Buddhism are Nissho Inoue and Tanaka Chigaku, who construed Nichiren’s teachings according to the notion of Kokutai.[2][3] It was especially Chigaku who “made innovative use of print media to disseminate his message”[4] and is therefore regarded to have influenced Nichiren based Japanese new religions in terms of methods of propagation.

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References

  1. ↑ Montgomery, Daniel (1991). Fire in the Lotus, The Dynamic Religion of Nichiren, London: Mandala, ISBN 1852740914, page 217-218
  2. ↑ Jacqueline I. Stone, By Imperial Edict and Shogunal Decree: politics and the issue of the ordination platform in modern lay Nichiren Buddhism. In: Steven Heine; Charles S. Prebish (ed.); Buddhism in the Modern World, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0195146972, page 203
  3. ↑ Religions of the World, Second edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC Clio, 2010. ISBN 9781598842036,Page 1640
  4. ↑ Jacqueline I. Stone, By Imperial Edict and Shogunal Decree: politics and the issue of the ordination platform in modern lay Nichiren Buddhism. In: Steven Heine; Charles S. Prebish (ed.); Buddhism in the Modern World, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0195146972, page 198

Bibliography

  • Iguchi, Gerald (2006). Nichirenism as Modernism: Imperialism, Fascism, and Buddhism in Modern Japan (Ph.D. Dissertation), University of California, San Diego,
  • Satomi, Kishio (1923). Japanese civilization, its significance and realization: Nichirenism and the Japanese National Principles, London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co., ltd. Reprint: London: Routledge 2001. ISBN 0415245346
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