Reproduction and Research on Manuscripts and Prints on Shin Buddhism Held at Ryukoku University Library.

Basic Research Division
Integrated Research Division for Shinran and Pure Land Buddhism
Research Project of Shin Buddhism Studies
Reproduction and Research on Manuscripts and Prints on Shin Buddhism Held in the Ryukoku University Library
FY 2025 to FY 2027

Principal Investigator

Mitsuya Dake (Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Ryukoku University)

Co-Investigators

Eisho Nasu (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Naoki Nabeshima (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Hisashi Tonouchi (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Koji Tamaki (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Yoshiyuki Inoue (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Bunei Takada (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Kenjun Inoue (Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Ryukoku University)
Daigo Sasaki (Professor, Ryukoku University Junior College)
Noumi Junshi (Professor, Faculty of Law, Ryukoku University)
Koyu Uchimoto (Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University)
Yoshinari Fuji (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Susumu Takeda (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Hiroaki Kadono (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Junshin Uchida (Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Kota Uchide (Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Takafumi Morita (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Nobuya Dake (Lecturer, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Kazumaro Tsukamoto (Senior Scientist, Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha Research Institute)
Ichido Kikukawa (Part-time lecturer, Chikushi Jogakuen University)
Yoshiya Nishimura (PD, Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures, Ryukoku University)
Keiryu Fukami (Part-time lecturer, Ryukoku University)

Research Type

Joint Research

Overview

Ryukoku University Library has an extensive collection of rare classical texts and magazines, a unique feature of our university library that is not found at other libraries. To date, the Research Project of Shin Buddhism Studies has conducted a project entitled “Reproduction and Research on Manuscripts and Prints on Shin Buddhism Held in the Ryukoku University Library,” in which classical texts held in the Omiya Library, from the days of the university’s predecessor, Gakurin (Buddhist seminary), have been transcribed and analyzed. In this project, as the research continues, the scope of analysis has been slightly expanded. The research topic has been changed to “Research on Shinshu-Related Classics,” and two units have been formed: (1) The Shinshu Classical Texts Unit and (2) The Jōdo Shinshū Internationalization Research Unit. Work is proceeding on the presentation to the public and analysis of rare books held at Ryukoku University.