Tsunesaburo Makiguchi in 1942 just prior to going to Prison.
 
In reality he was essentially  setup, by the triumvirate of Nikkyo Shonin, Rev. Jimon Ogasawara and ex-High Priest Nikkai Abe (Nikken's adopted father)
 
But Nikkyo burned in hell just like Devadatta, Nikkai died 1943
and Makiguchi died a martyr.

Rev Ogasawara,  the
Nouke Position Priest, was teaching ""han-honji-suijaku setsu," and "Shinpon-butsuju
setsu." which means that the Buddha is merely a reflection of the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu Omikami and by extension, the Emperor of Japan.
 
Ogasawara was punched in the face by Josei Toda.   He was carried by hundreds of Youth division and thrown down at the site of Makiguchi's grave and  forced to recant. But he never recanted his Shinto form of Buddhism.
 
65th High Priest of Nichiren Shoshu, Nichijun Shonin (Rev. Horigome) wrote:

"There is not the slightest discrepancy between the teachings of Nichiren
Daishonin and Mr. Makiguchi's concepts.... I would not say he underwent a
transformation after encountering the Lotus Sutra. Rather, I am convinced he
had been an emissary of the Buddha all along and, through the teaching of
that sutra, became awakened to and could reveal his true status. I am
overwhelmed with awe for such a great teacher."

He also wrote later

 "In retrospect of the 700-some-year history of Nichiren Shoshu, and
comparing its past to the current situation surrounding our sect, I think we
are in a totally new age. Thanks to the Soka Gakkai's efforts in shakubuku,
the True Law has spread throughout the country to an unprecedented degree.
We can now witness the unheard-of expansion of Nichiren Shoshu. It seems to
me that future historians will define the first 700 years of Nichiren Shoshu
as an age in which the priesthood protected the Law for kosen-rufu. In the
past there were times when Nichiren Shoshu achieved a certain degree of
prosperity, but it happened only within the realm of protecting the Law."

The Photo below is an early Gakkai meeting in 1932. In the center is Rev Horigome prior to becoming the 65th High Priest. Tsunesaburo Makiguchi is on his right and Josei Toda is on his left.  By 1957 this tiny group had grown to 750,000 Bodhisattvas.

Below is a Photo of Josei Toda with retired 59th High Priest Nichiko Shonin (Rev. Hori) the Great High Priest  who wrote the History of the Fuji Sect and  with Toda, and assisted by  Rev. Horigome, compiled the Gosho Zenshu, the first gosho compiled in the history of Taisekiji.

 

Below Josei Toda and 65th High Priest Nichijun (Rev. Horigome)

Below Daisku Ikeda and Josei Toda  at a Youth meeting at Taisekiji in 1954