death_date religion teacher sect article_title students subsect background birth_date school name
1329 buddhism nichirō nichiren-shū nichiin
 nichijin hokkeshū jinmon ryū #ffa 500 1264 nichiren buddhism nichiin
nichiin

nichiin -lrb- 日印 , 1264-january 20 , 1329 -rrb- was one of nichirō 's nine senior disciples -lrb- not to be confused with the six senior disciples of nichiren -rrb- .
along with his own disciple nichijin -lrb- 日陣 -rrb- he is considered the founder of the hokkeshū jinmon ryū subsect of nichiren buddhism .
he was born in teradomari in echigo .
he became a tendai priest at the age of 8 and was sent to kyoto at 16 .
he famously won a debate against pure land buddhists in 1319 , and announced the jinmon ryū sect on october 12 , 1321 .
