in the era of Shoan, is exactly and changelessly the whole entity of the transfer through the Nichiren–Nikko–Nichimoku lineage in the Latter Day of the Law." The Nichiren Shoshu sect teaches that the image is inherited from one singular High Priest to the next living incumbent. Accordingly, the sect teaches that there are two kinds of transmission of its Dharma essence: "specific transmission," referred to by the sect as the "Heritage of the Entity of the Law," which claims the Dai Gohonzon image is bestowed and entrusted to each of the successive High Priests passed on by one person at a given time; and "general transmission," referred to by the sect as "Heritage of Faith" and pertaining to both disciples and believers who chant and follow closely its doctrines. Accordingly, the priesthood of the sect claims that due to the present incompleteness of the altar of the Dai Gohonzon, it is not enshrined with Japanese Shikimi evergreen plants nor Taiko drums. In addition, they believe that the Dai Gohonzon should not be exposed for public view until kosen-rufu is achieved, primarily referring to Nichiren Shoshu becoming the main religion on the planet. The 26th High Priest, Nichikan Shonin, declared in his treatise "Exegesis on the True Object of Worship" ("Kanjin no honzon-sho mondan") the following regarding the image: "...The Gohonzon of the High Sanctuary of the Essential Teaching, inscribed in the second year of Koan (1279), is the ultimate, the absolute, and the final cause of the Daishonin's advent. It is the greatest among the Three Great Secret Laws and the supreme object of worship in the entire world." Due to this charge of protecting the image, 59th High Priest Nichiko Hori declared the following regarding the matter: "In the early times, this matter (the Dai-Gohonzon) was not publicized within our school nor outside." On 16 September 1972, the 66th High Priest Nittatsu Hosoi Shonin in Hokeiji Temple in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture asserted the authenticity of the wooden image, and cited the procurement of the log from a secluded part of Mount Minobu in response to the claims of external sourcing of the wood by other sects. Claims of forgery Fraudulent pious invention Some sects of Nichiren Shu and modernist factions of the Soka Gakkai reject the image as fraudulent, citing independent analysis of the calligraphy style, and asserting that Nichiren never mentions this particular Buddhist mandala in any of