Nichirō was a Buddhist disciple of Nichiren

Nichiren

Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived during the Kamakura period in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra, entitled Myōhō-Renge-Kyō in Japanese, as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment and the chanting of Nam-Myōhō-Renge-Kyō as the essential practice of the teaching...

, the nephew of Nisshō

Nisshō

Nisshō was a Buddhist disciple of Nichiren and the uncle of Nichirō. He was the only disciple who was actually older than Nichiren himself....

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Nichirō agreed with Nisshō's defense of Nichiren as a Tendai

Tendai

is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism, a descendant of the Chinese Tiantai or Lotus Sutra school.Chappell frames the relevance of Tendai for a universal Buddhism:- History :...

 reformer. He founded a practice hall that became part of Ikegami Honmon-ji

Ikegami Honmon-ji

is a Buddhist temple in the south of Tokyo, erected where Nichiren is said to have died.A short walk from Ikegami Station or Nishi-Magome Station , Ikegami Honmon-ji contains a number of buildings, most of which have been reconstructed since the bombing of 15 March 1945...

, the site of Nichiren's death. His school is now part of Nichiren-shū.

Nichirō designated nine senior disciples. Among them were Nichizō

Nichizō

Nichizō was one of Nichirō's nine senior disciples . He was responsible for giving Nichiren Buddhism official imperial recognition in 1321. He was exiled twice while attempting to achieve this goal.- External links :* http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/Ryuei/HokkeShu_01.html...

 and Nichiin

Nichiin

Nichiin was one of Nichirō's nine senior disciples . Along with his own disciple Nichijin he is considered the founder of the Hokkeshū Jinmon Ryū subsect of Nichiren Buddhism.He was born in Teradomari in Echigo. He became a Tendai priest at the age of 8 and was sent to Kyoto at 16...

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External links

• http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/Ryuei/SixDisciples_02.html