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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Nichirenism''' (日蓮主義, ''Nichirenshugi'') is the nationalistic interpretation of the teachings of [[Nichiren]].<ref>Montgomery, Daniel (1991). Fire in the Lotus, The Dynamic Religion of Nichiren, London: Mandala, {{ISBN|1852740914}}, page 217-218</ref> 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]].<ref>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}}, page 203</ref><ref>Religions of the World, Second edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC Clio, 2010. {{ISBN|9781598842036}},Page 1640</ref> It was especially Chigaku who “made innovative use of print media to disseminate his message”<ref>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}}, page 198</ref> and is therefore regarded to have influenced Nichiren based [[Japanese new religions]] in terms of methods of propagation.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Japanese nationalism]]<br />
* [[Kanji Ishiwara]]<br />
* [[Kokuchūkai]]<br />
* [[League of Blood Incident]]<br />
* [[May 15 Incident]]<br />
* [[Shōwa Restoration]]<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* Iguchi, Gerald (2006). [http://escholarship.org/uc/item/53m639t5 ''Nichirenism as Modernism: Imperialism, Fascism, and Buddhism in Modern Japan''] (Ph.D. Dissertation), University of California, San Diego, <br />
* Satomi, Kishio (1923). Japanese civilization, its significance and realization: Nichirenism and the Japanese National Principles, London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co., ltd. Reprint: London: Routledge 2001. {{ISBN|0415245346}}<br />
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