{"slug": "nichiren", "label": "Nichiren", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichiren", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311478", "qid": "Q311478", "description": "Founder of Nichiren Buddhism in Japan", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1222, 1282], "span_label": ["1222 CE", "1282 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Nichiren Daishonin"], "related": [{"slug": "buddhism-in-japan", "label": "Buddhism in Japan", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "buddhism", "label": "Buddhism", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1222, "year_label": "1222 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – Nichiren, founder of Nichiren Buddhism (d. 1282)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371224827#Births", "title": "1222", "revid": 1371224827, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1253, "year_label": "1253 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist monk, declares his intent to preach the Lotus Sutra and Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō as the true Buddhism, thus founding Nichiren Buddhism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362664638#Asia", "title": "1253", "revid": 1362664638, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1271, "year_label": "1271 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 12", "text": "September 12 – Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist priest, is arrested by a band of soldiers and nearly beheaded. This incident, known as Hosshaku Kenpon or \"casting off the transient and revealing the true,\" is regarded as a turning point of Nichiren's teachings within the various schools, known as Nichiren Buddhism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320596#Asia", "title": "1271", "revid": 1351320596, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1274, "year_label": "1274 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Nichiren, Japanese priest and philosopher, enters exile on Mount Minobu. He leads a widespread movement of followers in Kantō and Sado mainly through his prolific letter-writing.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356688810#Asia", "title": "1274", "revid": 1356688810, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1279, "year_label": "1279 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – The Dai-Gohonzon, supreme object of veneration of Nichiren Shōshū Buddhism, is said to be inscribed by Nichiren Daishonin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362487704#Asia", "title": "1279", "revid": 1362487704, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1282, "year_label": "1282 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist priest (b. 1222)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359685493#Deaths", "title": "1282", "revid": 1359685493, "section": "Deaths"}}]}