Tahō Fuji Dainichirenge-san Taiseki-ji, more commonly just Sōhonzan Taiseki-ji, informally known as Head Temple Taiseki-ji, is the administrative center of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism. It is located in t
The Hōandō
The Rokumanto, two Buddhist Stupas erected by 24th High Priest Nichiei Shonin (1704) and another by 67th High Priest Nikken Shonin (1994) representing Bodhisattva Visistacaritra and the 60,000 Ganges Rivers preached by Shakyamuni Buddha within the Chapter 15 of the Lotus Sutra.
Portrait of Nichiren Daishonin by Japanese artisan Kano Tsunenobu (1636—1713), now preserved at Nichiren Shoshu Honmonji Temple in Mitoyo, Kagawa prefecture. Measuring approximately 40” inches by 22” inches on silk, Edo period.
The gravestone Stupa of Lord Nanjo Tokimitsu, land donor of Taisekiji. By the Myorenji Temple.
Soka Gakkai is a Japanese new religion founded in 1930 based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren. The Sōka Gakkai has been led by Minoru Harada since December 2023.
Taiseki-ji
…grounds are open to the public for sightseeing, though its religious buildings are restricted only to registered believers. Accordingly, adherents of the Soka Gakkai are not permitted entrance to the Head Temple grounds. Taiseki-ji is Nichiren Shoshu's administrative center, and its chief abbot (貫主, Kanzu) Chief…
Kamakura-period statue of Thousand-armed Kannon at Sanjūsangen-dō in Kyoto, Japan.
Tsunesaburō Makiguchi, the first President of the Sōka Gakkai
Jōsei Toda, the second President of the Sōka Gakkai
Daisaku Ikeda, third President of the Soka Gakkai, 2010