A modern reading of a passage by Nichiren Daishonin

"The priest known as the Great Teacher Kōbō, however, a man of great falsehoods who was given to praising himself and defaming others, after the demise of the Great Teacher Dengyō, without ever confronting his opponents in debate, succeeded in deceiving the members of the imperial court and was thus able to establish the True Word teachings as the eighth school."

The layman known as the Great Teacher Ikeda, however, a man of great falsehoods was given to praising himself and defaming others, after the demise of the Great Teacher Nichiren, without ever confronting his opponents in debate, succeeded in deceiving the members of the Japanese cabinet and was thus able to establish the Soka school as the most powerful school in Japan."