Nittatsu Hosoi
Nittatsu Hosoi 日 達 細 井 | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 15 April 1902 |
| Died | 22 June 1979 Fujinomiya City Hospital |
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| Alma mater | Rissho University |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism |
| Ordination | 1910 |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Taiseki-ji, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan |
| Period in office | 15 November 1959 – 22 June 1979 (death) |
| Predecessor | Nichijun Shonin |
| Successor | Nikken Shonin |
| Previous post | Chief priest, Jozaiji, Ikebukuro, Tokyo Chief priest, Hondenji, Osaka |
Nittatsu Hosoi (細 井 日 達, Hosoi Nittatsu also known as Nittatsu Shonin; 15 April 1902, Tokyo – 22 June 1979) was the 66th High Priest of the Nichiren Shoshu Head Temple Taisekiji in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Previously, he served as chief priest at Hondenji temple in Osaka and Jozaiji temple in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.
Nittatsu expelled the Kenshokai and was the first High Priest to publicly criticize the Soka Gakkai for allegedly deviating from the traditionalist doctrines of Nichiren Shoshu. He later threatened its senior leaders to remove the Dai Gohonzon from their funded building, the Shohondo, later demolished by his successor Nikken Abe.