Dispute Over
Higashi-no-bo Land

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When a priest named Nichigo returned to Taisekiji in the twelfth month of 1333 (the third year of the Genko Period) carrying the remains of Nichimoku Shonin, Nichido Shonin showed his appreciation for Nichigo’s labors by granting him a Gohonzon.

Thereafter, Nichigo took up residence at the Renzo-bo (Higashi-no-bo) without Nichido Shonin’s permission, and Nanjo Tokitsuna, the fifth son of Nanjo Tokimitsu, unilaterally drew up papers granting Nichigo ownership of the Renzo-bo and the land on which it stood. These events instigated a battle between Taisekiji’s Nichido Shonin and Nichigo over rights to the property.

Nichigo therefore vacated the Renzo-bo in the fall of 1335 (the second year of the Kemmu Period) and briefly stayed at the Hokke-do in Koizumi. That temple later became Kuonji Temple, which is in modern-day Fujinomiya City. That same year, he built another Hokke-do in the Yoshihama area of Awa Province. That Hokke-do later became Hota Myohonji Temple, which is in present-day Kyonan-cho, in Chiba Prefecture.

Although the issue of the Higashi-no-bo became more complicated as time wore on, seventy-two years later, in 1405 (the twelfth year of the Oei Period), the dispute was finally resolved during the tenure of the Sixth High Priest, Nichiji Shonin, and ownership of the property and the Renzo-bo reverted to Taisekiji.

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