Taisho University

Taisho University
大正大学
TypePrivate
Established1926
Location
Toshima (Tokyo) and Saitama
,
Japan
CampusUrban
MascotNone
Websitewww.tais.ac.jp/english/

Taisho University (大正大学, Taishō daigaku) is a private university in Nishi-sugamo, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. The university was founded in the last year of the Taishō period (1926) by merging the three Buddhist colleges. The three were:

  • the Tendai-shū College (天台宗大学, Tendai-shū daigaku', founded in 1885),
  • the Buzan College (豊山大学, Buzan daigaku, founded in 1887 and funded by Shingon-shū Buzan-ha), and
  • the Religious College (宗教大学, Shūkyō daigaku, founded in 1887 and funded by Jōdo-shū).

Its school precepts are based on the Tendai school of Buddhism. The concept for the university began when five doctors—Junjiro Takakusu, Masaharu Anesaki, Eun Maeda, Senshō Murakami and Masataro Sawayanagi—who were leaders of Buddhist society in Japan, proposed creating a Buddhist university union.[1]

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

Partner organizations

  • The distinctive arched entrance
    The distinctive arched entrance
  • The university's Saitama campus
    The university's Saitama campus
  • Old aerial photo of the university
    Old aerial photo of the university
  • The university's Sugamo campus
    The university's Sugamo campus

Notable alumni

Access

The closest train stations to the Sugamo Campus are:

References

  1. ^ "90 years of history". Taisho University. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Graduation Thesis and Yosuke Asari". Taisho University website. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Kōji Fukada". Books from Japan. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. ^ 吹石一恵の出身校 (in Japanese). Trend News Tokyo. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  5. ^ "KOGA Harue - Modern Japanese Paintings - [HIROSHIMA MUSEUM OF ART]". www.hiroshima-museum.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2018.

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