Since the time of Prince Shotoku, Hokke-kyo has generally been regarded as a sutra that is linked by fate to Japan from the standpoint of being the guard of the nation as well as one of the most important sutras of Buddhism.
聖徳太子以来、法華経は仏教の重要な経典のひとつであると同時に、鎮護国家の観点から、特に日本国には縁の深い経典として一般に考えられてきた。