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Traveled in eastern provinces of Japan to preach before he went to Kyoto in 1600. Cooperated with Nichio and other priests who upheld the principle of fuju fuse-ha (giving and receiving no alms), in 1608, he got into trouble with Jodo Sect priests in Atsuta (Aichi Prefecture). The Shogunate ordered the disputing parties to settle their discord in a debate in Edo. Nichikyo was judged defeated in the debate due to pressure of the Shogunate. As punishment, he had his nose and ears severed in Kyoto.
Nichikyo fled later to Tamba Province north of Kyoto, then to Echizen and Kaga provinces on the Japan Sea coast and died in Etchu Province (Toyama Prefecture). The persecution of Nichikyo was called Keicho-no-Honan, or the Persecution of the Keicho Era. After the tragedy of Nichikyo, the eastern and western headquarters of the Nichiren Sect had to write letters of apologies to the Shogunate.
