Kokuchūkai

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The Kokuchūkai ( Japanese 国柱 会 , dt. "Society for the support of the nation") is a lay organization based on the Nichiren Buddhism , which was founded in 1914 by Tanaka Chigaku .

history

The Kokuchūkai is the successor organization of the Rengekai ( 蓮華 会 , "Society of the Lotus Blossom "), also founded by Tanaka Chigaku in 1881, and the Risshō Ankokukai ( 立正 安 国会 ) founded between 1884 and 1885 .

Even if it is of marginal importance with a maximum number of officially 7,000 followers in 1924 and 23,000 in 1950, it is an example of the nationalist interpretation ( Nichirenism ) of Nichiren Buddhism, taking Kokutai into account . In addition, the Kokuchūkai is considered to be one of the first lay organizations of Nichiren Buddhism, which promoted the spread of their ideas with a massive use of print media and the Shakubuku .

bibliography

  • Kishio Satomi, A New Light from the East: Nitschirenism . Übers. Käthe Franke. Berlin: Schmitz & Bukofzer 1924
  • Louis Marchand, "Mystique du panjaponisme: Un" Mein Kampf "nippon". In: Annales: Économies, Sociétés, Civilizations . 1st year, No. 3, 1946, pp. 235–246 (French) [2]
  • Tanaka Chigaku: What is Nippon Kokutai? Introduction to Nipponese National Principles. Tokyo: Shishio Bunka 1935/36

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jacqueline I. Stone: By Imperial Edict and Shogunal Decree: politics and the issue of the ordination platform in modern lay Nichiren Buddhism. In: Steven Heine; Charles S. Prebish (ed.); Buddhism in the Modern World , New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-514697-2 , page 197 [1]
  2. ↑ Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten article "Kokuchūkai". 2007. Britannica Japan Co.
  3. ↑ Eiichi Ōtani, Ajia no Bukkyō-nashonarizumu no Hikaku-bunseki ( memento of the original from October 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ("A Comparative Analysis of Buddhist Nationalism in Asia"). International Research Center for Japanese Studies . Page 115 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / publications.nichibun.ac.jp
  4. ^ Buddhism in the Modern World: Adaptations of an Ancient Tradition, Steven Heine and Charles S. Prebish, Oxford University Press USA (January 1, 2003), ISBN 978-0-19-514698-1
  5. ↑ Readings of the Lotus Sutra (Columbia Readings of Buddhist Literature), Stephen Teiser and Jacqueline Stone, Columbia Readings of Buddhist (July 2009), ISBN 978-0-231-14288-5
  6. ↑ Jacqueline I. Stone, By Imperial Edict and Shogunal Decree: politics and the issue of the ordination platform in modern lay Nichiren Buddhism. In: Steven Heine; Charles S. Prebish (ed.); Buddhism in the Modern World , New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-514697-2 , 198
  7. ↑ Jacqueline I. Stone, The Lotus Sutra and Militant Nationalism. In: Catherine Wessinger (ed.); Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence: Historical Cases , Syracuse University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-8156-2809-5 , page 269
  8. ↑ Tanaka Chigaku: What is Nippon Kokutai? Introduction to Nipponese National Principles . Shishio Bunka, Tokyo 1935-1936
  9. ^ Daniel B. Montgomery: Fire in The Lotus. Mandala 1991. ISBN 1-85274-091-4 , pp. 217-218