Awaji Nichiken (淡路日賢, 1243–1338) was a disciple of Nichiren who studied under Nichigen and founded Honjoji (本成寺) in Sanjō, Niigata in 1309.
He was granted mandala 52 of the Nichiren Shonin Gohonzon Catalogue.
[2] He is not to be confused with another Nichiken, born 1393, whose birth name was Daisuke Gakutō (学頭大輔).
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