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The was a subsect of the Buddhist Nichiren sect founded by Buddhist priest Nichiō (日奥) 〔 and outlawed in 1669.〔Tamamuro〕 Although ferociously persecuted for over two centuries for refusing obedience to authorities, it survived and was again legalized in 1876.〔Nichiren Honjōji Blog〕 Later, the subsect itself split in two over a theological question. The two splinters are Okayama's and .〔See the subsect's genealogy (here )〕 Its name refers to , a dogma allegedly by Nichiren himself that stated that nothing could be received (不受, of Fuju) or given (不施, or Fuse) to those of other religions, and that it was wrong to even sit with a priest of another sect.〔 The Fuju-fuse-ha alleged to be the only subsect to follow ''Fuju-fuse-gi'' to the letter. The other subsects of Nichiren-shu, however, argued that the ''Niike Gosho'' where the term ''Fuju-fuse-gi'' appears was a forgery.〔http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/library/NiikeGosho.html〕 ==Origins of the Fuju-fuse subsect == Nichiren, regarded as the founder of Nichiren Buddhism, believed in the supremacy of religious doctrine over temporal power and often tried to convert and challenged those in power, thereby attracting persecution over himself and his followers〔Tamura〕 In his view, the only approach to those who didn't follow the Lotus Sutra was the so-called , or "break and subdue".〔 After his death, his disciples shared his views and acted accordingly, so the sect has had a long history of clashes with temporal powers.〔 For example, in 1398 priests Nichinin and Nichijitsu of Myōman-ji in Kyoto rebuked shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi, who had them arrested and tortured.〔 Later, priest Nisshin was also tortured by shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori for not submitting to his authority.〔 Two hundred years later, in 1608, in a famous incident Nichiren priest Nichikyō angered Tokugawa Ieyasu refusing to obey him, and had his ears and nose cut off.〔 With the consolidation of the Tokugawa shogunate, pressure on the recalcitrant Nichiren sect to conform increased, and most of its adherents compromised or capitulated.〔 The exception were those who would in turn become the Fuju-fuse subsect, whose persecution begun withan incident at Toyotomi Hideyoshi's for the dedication of the Daibutsu-den at Hōkō-ji in 1595.〔 Priests of all sects were invited, and the Nichiren sect decided to attend too in spite of the ''Fuju-fuse-gi''.〔 Only Nichiō, chief priest at Myōkaku-ji in Kyoto, decided not to go citing Nichiren's intimation not to receive anything from non-believers.〔 He also sent Hideyoshi a tract called "Rebuke from the Lotus Sect" demanding the ceremony's cancellation, then left at night to shield those around him from the consequences of his act.〔 His actions split the Nichiren sect in two, with those who thought it admissible to receive from nonbelievers, but not give, on one side, and the Fuju-fuse subsect irreducibles on the other.〔 Nichiō's intransigence attracted the ire of those who had compromised, who denounced him to Ieyasu, and in 1599 the priest was exiled to Tsushima Island.〔 He was pardoned in 1612, but friction between the two sides resumed.〔 He was exiled to Tsushima once more in 1620, but died before the sentence could be carried out.〔 The Fuju-fuse movement gathered gradually momentum, provoking a strong reaction from the shogunate. The state demanded that Fuju-fuse temples issue receipts for state resources (land, water, roads, and the like) they were using, to make them admit that they were receiving from non-believers in an effort to break their determination.〔 If they failed to produce the receipts, Fuju-fuse priests would not any longer be allowed to issue a terauke certificate to their parishioners, who would therefore legally become ''hinin'' ("non persons").〔〔 They themselves would be exiled.〔 Some Fuju-fuse priests tried to leave their temple and preach in the streets, but that was also forbidden.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fuju-fuse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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