Nikken Abe
Nikken Abe | |
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Religion | Nichiren Buddhism |
Alma mater |
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Other names | Shinno |
Personal | |
Born |
Sumida, Tokyo | December 19, 1922
Senior posting | |
Based in | Japan |
Title | high priest |
Period in office | April 15, 1978 – December 15, 2005 |
Predecessor | Nittatsu Hosoi |
Successor | Nichinyo Hayase |
Religious career | |
Ordination | August 28, 1928 |
Previous post | High Priest of Nichiren Shōshū |
Nikken Abe (阿部日顕, Abe Nikken; December 19, 1922, in Sumida, Tokyo) was the 67th high priest of Nichiren Shōshū, a major school of Nichiren Buddhism, and chief priest of its head temple, Taiseki-ji, in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan.