Among those who were transnationalist Nichiren devotees, some were only slightly different from [Chogyu] Takayama [(1871-1902), who argues that Buddhism was a world religion and in that sense had the same viewpoint as Christianity]. They moved toward the cosmic faith taught by the Lotus Sutra and mediated by Nichiren. One such devotee was Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933), a poet, writer of children’s stories, and agricultural scientist. Around his final year of high school, he happened to come across the book The Lotus Sutra in Chinese and Japanese by Daito Shimaji in his own house. He read it through once and was immediately thrilled by it. From then on he gradually grew more and more devoted to the Lotus Sutra and, without doing so explicitly, often incorporated its teachings into his stories. He was often explicit in his letters. For example, in a letter written just before his graduation from high school, he wrote, “Namu myoho renge kyo! Namu myoho renge kyo! I sincerely offer myself in service to the Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma, the foundation of the greatest happiness for all. When I chant ‘Praise to the Lotus Sutra’ just once, the world and I are enveloped in a wondrous light.”