is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grants. Dep ...

in Nishi-sugamo,

Toshima, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the eight central wards of the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Located in the northern area of Tokyo, Toshima is bordered by the wards of Nerima, Itabashi, and Kita in the north and Nakano, Shinjuku, ...

, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1885, and it was chartered as a university in 1926. Its school precepts are based on the

Tendai , also known as the Tendai Lotus School (天台法華宗 ''Tendai hokke shū,'' sometimes just "''hokke shū''") is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition (with significant esoteric elements) officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese m ...

school of

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. The concept for the university began when five doctors— Junjiro Takakusu,

Masaharu Anesaki , also known under his pen name , was a leading Japanese intellectual and scholar of the Meiji period. Anesaki is credited as being the father of religious studies in Japan, but also wrote on a variety of subjects including culture, literature, an ...

, Eun Maeda, Senshō Murakami and Masataro Sawayanagi—who were leaders of Buddhist society in Japan, proposed creating a Buddhist university union.

Undergraduate school

The undergraduate school consists of the Faculty of Regional Development, Faculty of Psychology and Sociology, Faculty of Human Studies, Faculty of Literature, Faculty of Communication and Culture, and Faculty of Buddhist Studies.

Graduate school

The graduate school offers Advanced Buddhist Studies, Advanced Human Studies, and Advanced Literary Studies.

Other programs

It has a one-year program in which up to 40 overseas students are admitted each year to a special course. This prepares them for enrollment in undergraduate or graduate programs at Japanese universities.

Locations

* Sugamo Campus (3-20-1, Nishi-sugamo,

Toshima is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the eight central wards of the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Located in the northern area of Tokyo, Toshima is bordered by the wards of Nerima, Itabashi, and Kita in the north and Nakano, Shinjuku ...

, Tokyo) * Saitama Campus ( Kita-Katsushika, Matsubushi, Saitama)

Partner organizations

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Notable alumni

* Yosuke Asari (actor) *

Kōji Fukada is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Career Born in Tokyo, Fukada had a father who was a film aficionado and he watched many films on VHS when he was young. It was when he was 19 years old studying at Taisho University and discov ...

(film director) *

Kazue Fukiishi is a Japanese actress and former gravure idol. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for '' What the Snow Brings'', ''Tegami'', and ''Memories of Tomorrow''. Career Fukiishi starred in Takuji Suzuki's ' ...

(actress)　 * Harue Koga (painter)

Access

The closest train stations to the Sugamo Campus are: * Nishi-sugamo Station (2 minutes' walk) * Shin-Koshinzuka Station or Koshinzuka Station (7 minutes' walk) * Itabashi Station (10 minutes' walk)

References

UniRank

External links

American Association of Teachers of Japanese
Toshima Private universities and colleges in Japan Taisho University Buddhist universities and colleges in Japan Educational institutions established in 1926 1926 establishments in Japan {{tokyo-university-stub