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Religion
  
Buddhism

Monastic name
  
淡路公 (Awaji-ko)

Title
  
阿闍梨 (Acharya)

Name
  
Nichiken Nichiken

School
  
Nichiren Buddhism

Died
  
1338

Teacher
  
Nichiren

Technique de base du chi gong qi gong par nichiken yamabushi


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

He is not to be confused with another Nichiken, born 1393, whose birth name was Daisuke Gakuto (学頭大輔).

References

Nichiken Wikipedia