Honmon Butsuryū-shū

The Honmon Butsuryū-shū is a branch of the Honmon Hokke Shū sect, which is one of the oldest groups within Nichiren Buddhism. It was started by Nagamatsu Nissen and some followers on January 12, 1857, and was originally called Honmon Butsuryu Ko. For many years, this group was connected to the Honmon Hokke shu sect until it became independent on March 15, 1947, and changed its name to Honmon Butsuryū-shū.

Today, Honmon Butsuryū-shū is part of the Japan Buddhist Federation and the World Fellowship of Buddhists as a traditional Nichiren school. Although it was once seen as one of Japan’s new religious movements, researchers now understand it to be a traditional part of Nichiren Buddhism.

Members of Honmon Butsuryū-shū follow the teachings of Nichiren’s disciple Daikoku Ajari Nichiro and honor Keirin-bo Nichiryu Daishonin as a very important leader. Nichiryu helped bring back Nichiren Buddhism by writing down many of Nichiren’s teachings and showing that they were mainly based on the "Honmon" parts of the Lotus Sutra.

The main temple of Honmon Butsuryū-shū is called Yūsei-ji and is located in Kyoto. While most followers live in Japan, there are also communities and temples in many places around the world, such as North America, Brazil, Italy, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, South Korea, and Nepal.