Shijo kingo biography of albert

Nichiren Daishonin wrote this letter to Shijo Kingo, a samurai and one of his followers who lived in Kamakura, in the ninth month of 1272, from Ichinosawa on Sado Island. It was prompted by the Daishonin's gratitude for offerings that Shijo Kingo had sent via messenger for his mother's third annual memorial service.

Shijo Kingo served the Ema family, a branch of the ruling Hojo clan.

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He was highly skilled in both medicine and the martial arts, and in temperament was straightforward, loyal and passionate. He is said to have converted to the Daishonin's Buddhism around 1256, at about the same time as the Ikegami brothers and Kudo Yoshitaka. When the Daishonin was taken to Tatsunokuchi to be beheaded on the twelfth day of the ninth month, 1271, Shijo Kingo accompanied him, having resolved to die by his side.

Soon after the Daishonin was exiled to Sado island, Kingo sent a messenger to him with various offerings. Through this messenger the Daishonin entrusted Kingo with his treatise, &q