is a private university in
Echizen,
Fukui Prefecture,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, affiliated with the
Jōdo Shinshū
, also known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. It was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran.
Shin Buddhism is the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan.
History
Shinran ( ...
sect of
Japanese Buddhism. The predecessor of the school was established in 1898, and it was accredited as a university in 2010.
References
External links
Jin-ai University
Universities and colleges in Fukui Prefecture
Private universities and colleges in Japan
Echizen, Fukui
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