Nichijō

Nichijō was a monk of the Nichiren sect in the Northern and Southern Courts period, born in Suruga Province as a son of Uesugi Yorishige. His elder sister Kiyoko (c. 1270–1343) was the mother of Ashikaga Takauji, founder of the Muromachi shogunate, making Nichijō the shōgun's uncle.

He founded the sect's Rokujō lineage and wrote the Kamakura Denchū Mondō, recording his master Nichiin's debate victory over every other sect at the palace of the Kamakura shogunate.