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. It was especially Chigaku who “made innovative use of print media to disseminate his message”^[2] and is therefore regarded to have influenced Nichiren based Japanese new religions in terms of methods of propagation.

See also

• Japanese nationalism
• Kanji Ishiwara
• Kokuchūkai
• League of Blood Incident
• May 15 Incident
• Shōwa Restoration

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 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