Nichiken

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Nichiken
日賢
Religion	Buddhism
School	Nichiren Buddhism
Monastic name	淡路公 (Awaji-kō)
Personal
Born	1243 in Suruga Province^[1]
Died	1338
Senior posting
Title	阿闍梨 (Acharya)
Religious career
Teacher	Nichiren

Awaji Nichiken (淡路日賢, 1243–1338) was a disciple of Nichiren who studied under Nichigen and founded Honjoji (本成寺) in Sanjō, Niigata in 1309. He was granted mandala 52 of the Nichiren Shonin Gohonzon Catalogue.^[2]

He is not to be confused with another Nichiken, born 1393, whose birth name was Daisuke Gakutō (学頭大輔).^[3]

References

↑ Kotobank
↑ 日蓮聖人御本尊集
↑ 日蓮宗教学史

v t e Disciples of Nichiren

Six Senior Disciples (六老僧 rokurōsō)	Nichiji Nichirō Nikkō Nikō Nisshō Nitchō

Other disciples	Nichigen Nichiken Nichimoku

Persondata
Name	Nichiken
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1243
Place of birth
Date of death	1338
Place of death

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