Kokuchūkai
Buddhist Traditions New religious movement
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About this record
Kokuchūkai is cataloged as a New religious movement within Buddhist Traditions. Its candidate country context is “Japan” and its period or origin is “founded 1880; present continuity unverified.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Modern Nichiren Buddhism and Nichirenism.”
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Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Kokuchūkai; National Pillar Society; 国柱会
- Parent tradition
- Modern Nichiren Buddhism and Nichirenism
- Public geographic context
- Japan
- Period / origin
- founded 1880; present continuity unverified
- Living / historical status
- Historical lay Nichirenist organization; present continuity unverified
- Access / protocol
- Institution-specific
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateJapan
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
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Kokuchūkai. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 2217. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/2217
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