Ōtani University

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Ōtani University
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 main gate

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

Trivia

In 1921 Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki was appointed professor and he taught Buddhist philosophy here until 1960.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.otani.ac.jp/english/bgu535000000018v.html
  2. 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