* As it is preached in Daibadatta-bon (Chapter on "Devadatta," the 12th chapter of Hoke-kyo) that an eight year old dragon girl did Sokushin Jobutsu (attaining Buddhahood with the present body), thus in Japan, Hoke-kyo has been respected from ancient times as a doctrine in which women become a Buddha, and Hoke-kyo enshrined in kokubun-niji (nunnery temples) built all over Japan by the order of Emperor Shomu.
※法華経のうち、提婆達多品には八歳の竜女が即身成仏したことが説かれているため、我が国では古来より法華経を女人成仏の経典として貴ばれており、聖武天皇の命により全国に設置された国分尼寺には必ず法華経が安置された。