Japan: Japanese Buddhist monk Nichiren (February 16, 1222 – October 13, 1282), founder of Nichiren Buddhism, Kyoto National Museum. Nichiren (1222-1282) was a Buddhist monk who lived during the Kamakura period (1185–1333) in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra, entitled Myoho-Renge-Kyo in Japanese, as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment and the chanting of Namu-Myoho-Renge-Kyo as the essential practice of the teaching. Various schools with diverging interpretations of Nichiren's teachings comprise Nichiren Buddhism.

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