Sōka-gakkai

Japanese religion
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Also known as: Sōka Gakkai, Sōka-kyōiku-gakkai, Value-Creation Educational Society, Value-Creation Society
Japanese:
“Value-Creation Society”

Sōka-gakkai, lay Nichiren Buddhist movement that arose within the Japanese Buddhist group Nichiren-shō-shū; the two organizations split from each other in 1991. Sōka-gakkai has had rapid growth since the 1950s and is the most successful of the new religious movements that sprang up in the 20th century in Japan, but, in following the teachings of the Buddhist saint Nichiren, it belongs to a tradition dating from the 13th century. In the first decade of the 21st century the group claimed a membership of more than six million. The association was founded in 1930 by Makiguchi Tsunesaburō, a former elementary-school principal, ...(100 of 390 words)