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Nichiken

Japanese Buddhist monk (1243–1338)

Field	Value
background	#FFA500
religion	Buddhism
name	Nichiken
native name	日賢
title	阿闍梨 (Acharya)
monastic name	淡路公 (Awaji-kō)
birth_date	1243
birth_place	Suruga Province
death_date	1338
school	Nichiren Buddhism
teacher	Nichiren

Awaji Nichiken (淡路日賢, 1243–1338) was a disciple of Nichiren who studied under Nichigen and founded Honjoji (本成寺) in Sanjō, Niigata in 1309. He was granted mandala 52 of the Nichiren Shonin Gohonzon Catalogue.

He is not to be confused with another Nichiken, born 1393, whose birth name was Daisuke Gakutō.

References

[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%97%A5%E8%B3%A2 Kotobank]
[http://homepage3.nifty.com/juhoukai/mandara/052.html 日蓮聖人御本尊集]
日蓮宗教学史

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