Awa sect theory - Awa sect theory

...Afterwards, he gained many followers among the Miyoshi clan, including Miyoshi Jikkyu, lord of Takaya Castle in Kawachi, and among the upper class townspeople of Sakai and Kyoto. In the first half of his life, he greatly expanded the influence of Nichiren Buddhism in Kansai with his strong-minded propaganda, such as defeating the Jodo and Shingon sects in the Awa sect debate in 75 (Tensho 3). However, in 79, at the Azuchi sect debate ordered by Oda Nobunaga, he was declared defeated by Nobunaga, and after that, he saw through the true nature of the power of the Azuchi-Toyotomi government and led the Kansai Nichiren sect under his guidance to a tolerant sect of Shoju (acceptance of other sects)....

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…以後，河内高屋城主三好実休ら三好一族，堺や京都の上層町衆らに多くの帰依者をもった。75年(天正3)の阿波宗論で浄土宗と真言宗を論破するなど，その前半生は強義折伏（ごうぎしやくぶく）をもって日蓮宗の宗勢を関西で大いに伸ばした。だが，79年織田信長の命による安土宗論で信長から無法な敗論宣告を受け，以後，織豊政権の権力の実態を見きわめ，他宗に寛容な摂受（しようじゆ）主義へと，その指導下の関西日蓮宗を導いていった。…

※「阿波宗論」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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