Taisho University

Taisho University
大正大学
Type	Private
Established	1926
Location	Toshima (Tokyo) and Saitama, Japan
Campus	Urban
Mascot	None
Website	www.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[edit]

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[edit]

The graduate school offers Advanced Buddhist Studies, Advanced Human Studies, and Advanced Literary Studies.

Other programs[edit]

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[edit]

Sugamo Campus (3-20-1, Nishi-sugamo, Toshima, Tokyo)
Saitama Campus (Kita-Katsushika, Matsubushi, Saitama)

Partner organizations[edit]

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

Notable alumni[edit]

Yosuke Asari (actor)^[2]
Kōji Fukada (film director)^[3]
Kazue Fukiishi (actress)　^[4]
Harue Koga (painter)^[5]

Access[edit]

The closest train stations to the Sugamo Campus are:

Nishi-sugamo Station (2 minutes' walk)
Shin-Koshinzuka Station or Koshinzuka Station (7 minutes' walk)
Itabashi Station (10 minutes' walk)

References[edit]

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