Buzen Nichigen (豊前日源, before 1263 – 1315) was a disciple of

Nichiren was a Japanese Buddhist priest and philosopher of the Kamakura period. His teachings form the basis of Nichiren Buddhism, a unique branch of Japanese Mahayana Buddhism based on the '' Lotus Sutra''. Nichiren declared that the '' Lotus Sutra ...

who converted along with the rest of the

Tendai , also known as the Tendai Dharma Flower School (天台法華宗, ''Tendai hokke shū,'' sometimes just ''Hokkeshū''), is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition with significant esoteric elements that was officially established in Japan in 806 by t ...

temple Jisso-ji (實相寺) to

Nichiren Buddhism Nichiren Buddhism (), also known as ''Hokkeshū'' (, meaning ''Lotus Sect''), is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222–1282) and is one of the Kamakura period school ...

in 1270. Nichiren's letter ''Jissoji gosho'' (實相寺御書, 1278) is addressed to him.御遺文目録
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, and founded several temples after Nichiren's death.

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{{Disciples of Nichiren 1315 deaths Japanese Buddhist clergy Nichiren Buddhism Nichiren-shū Buddhist monks Year of birth uncertain Buddhist clergy of the Kamakura period