Ashikaga Yoshinori
Nichiren, regarded as the founder of Nichiren Buddhism, believed in the supremacy of religious doctrine over temporal power and often tried to convert and challenged those in power, thereby attracting persecution over himself and his followers In his view, the only approach to those who didn't follow the Lotus Sutra was the so-called , or "break and subdue". After his death, his disciples shared his views and acted accordingly, so the sect has had a long history of clashes with temporal powers. For example, in 1398 priests Nichinin and Nichijitsu of Myōman-ji in Kyoto rebuked shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimochi, who had them arrested and tortured. Later, priest Nisshin was also tortured by shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori for not submitting to his authority. Two hundred years later, in 1608, in a famous incident Nichiren priest Nichikyō angered Tokugawa Ieyasu refusing to obey him, and had his ears and nose cut off.