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Nichiren was pardoned in February 1274 and returned to Kamakura in late March.

He was again interviewed by Hei no Saemon, who now was interested in Nichiren's prediction of an invasion by the Mongols.

Mongol messengers demanding Japan's fealty had frightened the authorities into believing that Nichiren's prophecy of foreign invasion would materialize ( which it did in October ; see Mongol Invasions of Japan ).

Nichiren, however, used the audience as yet another opportunity to remonstrate with the government.