Mappo-shiso is a kind of Buddhist prediction philosophy under three periods which the period of 1,000 years (also said to be 500 years) after the establishment of Buddhism by Shaka is called Shobo, and the following period of 1,000 years is called Zobo and the following period of 10,000 years is called Mappo and these three periods are considered as different.
末法思想（まっぽうしそう）とは、仏教の予言思想の一種であり、釈迦の立教以来1,000年（500年とする説もある）の時代を正法（しょうぼう）、次の1,000年を像法（ぞうぼう）、その後10,000年を末法の三時観で分けて考える。