Kokuchūkai
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thumb|Kokuchūkai Headquarters The is a lay-oriented Nichiren Buddhist group. It was founded by Tanaka Chigaku in 1880 as and renamed in 1884 before adopting its current name in 1914.
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- Instance of
- religious organization
- Religion
- Nichiren Buddhism
- Country
- Japan
- Founded by
- Tanaka Chigaku
- Movement
- Nichirenism
- Official website
- www.kokuchukai.or.jp
- Image
- Kokuchukai Headquaters.JPG
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- Kokuchukai
- inception
- 1914-00-00
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thumb|Kokuchūkai Headquarters The is a lay-oriented Nichiren Buddhist group. It was founded by Tanaka Chigaku in 1880 as and renamed in 1884 before adopting its current name in 1914.
== History == The lay Nichiren Buddhist organization now known as the Kokuchūkai was founded by Tanaka Chigaku in 1880 as Rengekai ("Lotus Blossom Society") and renamed Risshō Ankokukai in 1884 before adopting its current name in 1914. The group's modern name is derived from a passage in the '''', a writing of the founder of Nichiren Buddhism, the 13th-century monk Nichiren, which reads .
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