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Nichizō

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Nichizō
日像
Personal life
Born1269
Died1342
Religious life
ReligionBuddhism
TempleMyoken-ji (妙顕寺)
SchoolNichiren Buddhism
SectNichiren-shū
Senior posting
TeacherNichirō

Nichizō (日像, 1269–1342) was one of Nichirō's nine senior disciples (not to be confused with the six senior disciples of Nichiren). He was responsible for giving Nichiren Buddhism official imperial recognition in 1321. He was exiled twice while attempting to achieve this goal.

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