Ōtani, Otani or Ohtani may refer to: *

Ōtani (surname) Ōtani (), also romanized as Otani, Ootani or Ohtani, is a Japanese surname meaning "large canyon". Notable people with the surname include: * Mamiko Ohtani (born 1996), Japanese basketball player; wife of *, Japanese baseball player ** Decoy Ohtan ...

, a Japanese surname *

Ōtani University is a private Buddhism, Buddhist university in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Ōtani University is a coeducation institution with an emphasis on Buddhist studies. A two-year private junior college is associated with the university. The university is asso ...

, a private Buddhist university in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan *

Ōtani-ha Ōtani-ha (真宗大谷派, ''Shinshū Ōtani-ha'') is a Japanese Buddhist movement. It belongs to , also known as Shin Buddhism (or True Pure Land). The movement has approximately 5.5 million members. The headquarters of Ōtani-ha are in Kyoto,< ...

, a branch of the Jōdo Shinshū school of Pure Land Buddhism * The House of Ōtani, family of the descendants of

Shinran ''Popular Buddhism in Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture'' by Esben Andreasen, pp. 13, 14, 15, 17. University of Hawaiʻi Press 1998, . was a Japanese Buddhist monk, who was born in Hino (now a part of Fushimi, Kyoto) at the turbulent clos ...

, founder of Jōdo Shinshū

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