Nihonzan Myohoji Temple

Japanese: 日本山妙法寺 - にほんざんみょうほうじ

It is a Nichiren sect, and is also the common name for the temples established by this sect. The leader of this sect, Fujii Nichidatsu (1885-1985), began preaching in 1917, and in 1918 opened the first Nipponzan Myohoji temple in Liaoyang, China. He subsequently built various temples throughout China and Japan, all of which were named Nipponzan Myohoji temple. In Japan, the first temple was founded in Tagonoura, Shizuoka Prefecture, in 1924. Fujii preached in India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and other places, and is said to have been influenced by Gandhi of India, but it was the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that led him to advocate disarmament and non-war, and he launched a peace movement that banned atomic and hydrogen bombs and opposed military bases.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日蓮系の宗派であり，これによって建立された諸寺共通の名称でもある。この派の指導者藤井日達(1885‐1985)は，1917年弘通（ぐづう）を始め，18年中国の遼陽に最初の日本山妙法寺を開き，以後中国各地および日本国内にも諸寺を建立，いずれも日本山妙法寺と称した。日本では，24年静岡県田子ノ浦に開創したのが最初である。藤井はインド，セイロン(スリランカ)その他にも弘通し，インドのガンディーの影響を受けたといわれるが，むしろ広島，長崎の原爆被災を契機に非武装･不戦を主張するにいたり，原水爆禁止･軍事基地反対などの平和運動を展開した。

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