page_title: Gohonzon
hierarchical_section_title: Gohonzon
caption_attribution_description: English: Rinmetsudojihonzon (臨滅度時本尊; "Arrival at Nirvana Gohonzon"). Reputed to be the Gohonzon that was with Nichiren at his bedside when he died. Stored at Myohonji (妙本寺) temple, Kamakura, Japan. Myohonji is affiliated with the Nichiren Shu branch of Nichiren Buddhism. 日本語: 臨滅度時本尊 日蓮の臨終時に枕元に掲げられたという伝承のある十界曼荼羅。鎌倉・妙本寺蔵
context_page_description: Gohonzon is a generic term for a venerated religious object in Japanese Buddhism. It may take the form of a scroll or statuary. In Nichiren Buddhism, it refers to the hanging calligraphic paper mandala inscribed by Nichiren to which devotional chanting is directed.
  Linguistically, the root "honzon" signifies a main object of devotion or worship and "go" is an honorific prefix. Nichiren groups translate "Gohonzon" different ways: "object of devotion", "object of worship", or "Supreme Venerable". It has also been translated as "the Great Mandala".
  Paper scroll Gohonzon are sometimes known as Kakejiku Gohonzon or moji-mandara. Butsuzo Gohonzon are statuary. The Gohonzon is often enshrined within a butsudan.
context_section_description: Gohonzon is a generic term for a venerated religious object in Japanese Buddhism. It may take the form of a scroll or statuary. In Nichiren Buddhism, it refers to the hanging calligraphic paper mandala inscribed by Nichiren to which devotional chanting is directed.
  Linguistically, the root "honzon" signifies a main object of devotion or worship and "go" is an honorific prefix.  Nichiren groups translate "Gohonzon" different ways: "object of devotion" (Soka Gakkai), "object of worship" (Nichiren Shōshū), or "Supreme Venerable" (Nichiren-shū). It has also been translated as "the Great Mandala".
  Paper scroll Gohonzon are sometimes known as Kakejiku Gohonzon or moji-mandara (文字曼荼羅 "script mandala" or "mandala written with characters"). Butsuzo Gohonzon are statuary. The Gohonzon is often enshrined within a butsudan.
caption: Gohonzon inscribed by Nichiren in 1280. The central characters are the title of the Lotus Sūtra.[1]
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