Kihira Tadayoshi

Kihira Tadayoshi

Kihira Tadayoshi ( Japanese 紀 平 正 美 , also read Kihira Masami ; born April 30, 1874 in Noguchi (野 口 村), Anō （安 濃 郡） (today Tsu ) district in Mie Prefecture ; died September 19, 1949 ) was a Japanese philosopher.

life and work

Kihira Tadayoshi graduated from the Philosophy Faculty of the University of Tokyo in 1900 . In 1919 he became a professor at the Nobility College in Tōkyō, today's Gakushūin University . From 1932 to 1943 he was an active member of the "Kokumin Seishin Bunka Kenkyūjo" (国民 精神 文化 研究所), about "Research Institute for National Folk Spirit".

Although Kihara dealt with Hegel at an early age and wrote fundamental writings such as "Gyō no tetsugaku" (行 の 哲学), for example "Philosophy of ascetic practice" (1929), he turned entirely to the Japanese spiritual tradition in the thirties developed a national philosophy, as in his publication "Nihon no seishin" (日本 の 精神), which he published in 1930.

After the end of the Pacific War , Kihara was banned from public activity. He was buried at the Anyŏji (安 養 寺) temple in his homeland.

Publications (small selection)

• Shinrigaku no gairon (心理学 概論) 1901
• Hegel-shi tetsugaku taikei (へ - ゲ ル 氏 哲学 体系) 1905
• Jinkaku no chikara (人格 の 力) 1906
• Saishin rorigaku kōyō (最新 論 理学 綱要) 1907
• Shinshiki-ron (認識論) 1914
• Tetsugaku gairon (哲学 概論) 1915
• Jiga-ron (自我 論) 1915
• Wumen-guan kaishaku (無門 関 解 釈) 1918
• Gyō no tetsugaku (行 の 哲学) 1923
• Sangan tennyū no ronri (三 願 転 入 の 論理) 1925
• Ronrigaku oyobi tetsugaku no kisogaien (論 理学 及 哲学 の 基礎 概念) 1928
• Nihon seishin (日本 精神) 1930
• Shinri towa nanzoya (真理 と は 何 ぞ や) 1934
• Jishō-katei toshite no rekishi (自 証 過程 と し て の 歴 史) 1934
• Renge Ōza (蓮華 王座) 1937
• Gakusha no honbun (学者 の 本分) 1938
• Chi to gyō (知 と 行) 1938
• Naruhodo no tetsugaku (な る ほ ど の 哲学) 1942
• Hito to bunka (人 と 文化) 1948
• Ronrigaku (論 理学) 1949

Remarks

1. ↑ 無門 関 (Wumen-guan), written by Priest Wumen Huikai (無門 慧 開; 1183–1260), is an introduction to Zen .

Web links

• CV, writings Kihara (Mie Prefecture culture)

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Kihira Tadayoshi . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 777.

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Kihira is the family name, Tadayoshi the first name.