Nichiren Shōshū
The Nichiren Shōshū sect claims that Nichiren inscribed the Dai Gohonzon on 12 October 1279 (Japanese: Ko-an). Nichiren Shōshū adherents cite a passage in Nichiren's "On Persecutions Befalling the Sage" addressed to the Buddhist Samurai warrior "Shijo Nakatsukasa Saburō Saemon—no—jō Yorimoto" (四条中務三郎左衛門尉頼基, 1230–1296), in which they assert supports the authenticity of the image: