Ōtani University
Ōtani University | |
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founding | 1665/1923 |
Sponsorship | Private |
place | Kita-ku , Kyoto |
country | Japan |
management | Yasushi Kigoshi |
Students | 3,985 (May 2008) |
Website | www.otani.ac.jp |
The Ōtani University ( Japanese 大谷 大学 , Ōtani daigaku ) is a Japanese private university, which is supported by the Buddhist Jōdo Shinshū sect Ōtani-ha . The main campus is located in Koyama-Kamifusachō, Kita-ku , Kyōto in Kyōto Prefecture .
history
In 1665 the school Gakuryō ( 学 寮 , literally: "student dormitory") was founded by the temple Higashi Hongan-ji . This was named in 1755 in Takakura-Gakuryō , in 1873 in Kanrenjō ( 貫 練 d, German about "Institute for Education"), and in 1882 in Shinshū College ( 真宗 大学 寮 , Shinshū daigakuryō ). The college became Shinshū Daigaku ( 真宗 大学 , German "Shinshū University"; not today's Shinshū University ).
The school moved to Tokyo in 1901 and returned to Kyoto in 1911. In the same year it was renamed Shinshu-Ōtani College. Today's main campus was opened in 1913. In 1923 the school received university status and was renamed to its current name.
Faculties
- Faculty of Humanities
- Department of Shinshu Studies
- Department of Buddhist Studies
- Department of Social Sciences
- Department of History
- Department of Literature
- Department of Inter cultural Studies
- Department of Humanistic Informatics
Trivia
In 1921 Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki was appointed professor and he taught Buddhist philosophy here until 1960.
See also
Web links
- Official website - Japanese and English
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.otani.ac.jp/english/bgu535000000018v.html
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from April 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) 学生 数 (number of students), in Japanese.
Coordinates: 35 ° 2 ′ 34.6 " N , 135 ° 45 ′ 29.2" E