1253 CE
Nichiren and a new Japanese teaching
Religion · Buddhist traditions · Japanese Buddhist traditions and the Lotus
In 1253 Nichiren began the teaching from which Nichiren-shu grew. This current coexisted with Tendai, Zen, and Pure Land.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- Dating in the source document
- 1253
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
Reading the date: point event.
Sources
- Kyoto University Museum — retrato de Nichiren (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Not identified in metadata; document review pending
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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