Nichigen
title: "Nichigen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1315-deaths", "japanese-buddhist-clergy", "nichiren-buddhism", "nichiren-shū-buddhist-monks", "year-of-birth-uncertain", "buddhist-clergy-of-the-kamakura-period"] topic_path: "people/1310s" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichigen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| background | #FFA500 |
| religion | Buddhism |
| name | Nichigen |
| native name | 日源 |
| title | 阿闍梨 (Acharya) |
| monastic name | 豊前公 (Buzen-kō) |
| birth_date | Sometime before 1263 |
| death_date | 1315 |
| school | Nichiren Buddhism |
| sect | Nichiren-shū |
| temple | Jisso-ji |
| teacher | Nichiren |
| :: |
|background = #FFA500 |religion = Buddhism |name = Nichigen |native name = 日源 |image = |caption = |birth name = |title = 阿闍梨 (Acharya) |monastic name = 豊前公 (Buzen-kō) |pen name = |posthumous name = |birth_date = Sometime before 1263 |death_date = 1315 |death_place = |school = Nichiren Buddhism |sect = Nichiren-shū |subsect = |temple = Jisso-ji |teacher = Nichiren |students = |works = Buzen Nichigen (豊前日源, before 1263 – 1315) was a disciple of Nichiren who converted along with the rest of the Tendai temple Jisso-ji (實相寺) to Nichiren Buddhism in 1270. Nichiren's letter Jissoji gosho (實相寺御書, 1278) is addressed to him. Later, he joined Nichiren on Mount Minobu, and founded several temples after Nichiren's death.
References
References
- [http://www.miaofa.com/DicoJ.html#jissoji Miaofa - Dictionnaire]
- [http://homepage3.nifty.com/juhoukai/honngeseiten/mokuroku.html 御遺文目録]
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