death_date religion teacher sect article_title students temple background birth_date school name
1320 buddhism nichiren nichiren-shū nichirō
 nichizō , nichihan , nitcho , nichigyo , rokei , nichiin , nichirin , nichizen , nichiden ikegami honmon-ji #ffa 500 1245 nichiren buddhism nichirō
nichirō

nichirō -lrb- 日朗 , 1245 -- 1320 -rrb- was a buddhist disciple of nichiren , the nephew of nisshō .
nichirō agreed with nisshō 's defense of nichiren as a tendai reformer .
he founded a practice hall that became part of ikegami honmon-ji , the site of nichiren 's death .
his school is now part of nichiren-shū .
nichirō designated nine senior disciples .
among them were nichizō and nichiin .
