<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichiren" id="mwJQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nichiren">Nichiren</a>, a Japanese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" id="mwJg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> monk, propounds <i id="mwJw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namu_Myōhō_Renge_Kyō" id="mwKA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō">Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō</a></i> for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichiren_Buddhism" id="mwKQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nichiren Buddhism">Nichiren Buddhism</a>.