This Great Bodhisattva Hachiman attended the lecture assembly of the Lotus Sūtra on Mt. Sacred Eagle and made a written pledge to protect the practicers of the Lotus Sūtra after the passing of the Buddha. It is inexplicable, therefore, that this bodhisattva has done nothing to deal with the sworn enemies of the Lotus Sūtra who persecuted me for the past several years. Moreover, upon the advent of a practicer of the Lotus Sūtra, the bodhisattva, who did not rush to protect him, should at least try to discipline the rulers of Japan who persecute the practicer. It is regrettable that Hachiman has not done this even once although the rulers persecute the practicer like a dog biting a monkey, a snake swallowing a frog, a hawk preying on a pheasant, and a lion killing a rabbit under the nose of the bodhisattva. Even if he seems to have punished them, the punishments inflicted on them must have been purposely mild. As a result, Hachiman probably was scolded by such heavenly beings as the King of the Brahma Heaven, Indra, the sun, the moon, and the Four Heavenly Kings.

Kangyō Hachiman-shō, Remonstration with Bodhisattva Hachiman, Writings of Nichiren Shōnin, Doctrine 1, Page 266