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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.
See also
[edit]- Japanese nationalism
- Kanji Ishiwara
- Kokuchūkai
- League of Blood Incident
- May 15 Incident
- Shōwa Restoration
References
[edit]- ^ Montgomery, Daniel (1991). Fire in the Lotus, The Dynamic Religion of Nichiren, London: Mandala, ISBN 1852740914, pp. 217-218.
- ^ 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, p. 203.
- ^ Religions of the World, Second Edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC Clio, 2010. ISBN 9781598842036, p. 1640.
- ^ 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, p. 198.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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 Realisation: Nichirenism and the Japanese National Principles, London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co., ltd. Reprint: London: Routledge 2001. ISBN 0415245346.
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