Thank you very much for the offering of 60 steamed rice cakes, a tub of sake, 50 yams, 20 tangerines, and one range of persimmons dried on skewers which you took the trouble of sending to me.

I respectfully put them on the altar of the Lotus Sūtra. It was on the third day of the New Year and I was so glad that I was able to put various offerings on the altar of the Lotus Sūtra. When flowers bloom, they are bound to bear fruits, the moon inevitably becomes full, and plants flourish when it rains. Likewise, people who do meritorious good acts will never fail to prosper.

Ueno-dono Gohenji, Reply to Lord Ueno, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Volume 7, Followers II, Page 36