Kenshōkai

Fuji Taisekiji Kenshōkai (冨士大石寺顕正会, literally Fuji Taiseki-ji Society for Revealing the Correct Teaching) is a Japanese lay Buddhist organization founded in 1942 as a lay association within Nichiren Shōshū and based on the teachings of the 13th-century monk Nichiren. Nichiren taught that devotion to the Lotus Sutra represents the highest expression of Buddhist truth and is the proper path to enlightenment in the present age. Kenshōkai promotes religious practice centered on chanting Nam-myōhō-renge-kyō, devotion to the Gohonzon, and the propagation of Nichiren Buddhist teachings.

The organization was originally established under the name Myōshinkō and later adopted the name Kenshōkai in 1982. It was formerly affiliated with Nichiren Shōshū but was expelled in 1974 following doctrinal and institutional disputes. Kenshōkai maintains its headquarters in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and operates as a lay religious movement focused on religious practice, doctrinal study, and missionary outreach. The group regards the Dai-Gohonzon enshrined at the Taiseki-ji temple as central to its religious belief system. Kenshōkai has grown significantly since its founding and is considered one of the newer lay movements within the broader tradition of Nichiren Buddhism.