Tokiwa Daijo

Tokiwa Daijō 常盤大定 (1870-1945) was a Japanese Buddhologist who wrote several important studies of Chinese Buddhism.

Biography

Tokiwa's family was affiliated with the Ōtani Branch 大谷 of Jōdō Shinshū 淨土真宗, and he became a priest at the age of 17. At the age of 29 he graduated with a degree in philosophy from the Imperial University of Tōkyō. Over the next years he taught at secondary and postsecondary schools, including ones associated with the Shin, Tendai, and Nichiren Sects. He also held positions at Shin temples and seminaries.

Tokiwa devoted much of his life to the study of Chinese Buddhism, and between 1920 and his death he visited China five times.

Important Works

• Busso to shiyū 佛祖と師友
• Butten no kaisetsu 佛典の解說
• Gokan yori Sōsei ni itaru yakukyō sōroku 後漢より宋斉に至る訳経総錄
• Nihon Bukkyō no kenkyū 日本佛教の研究
• Shina bunka shiseki 支那文化史蹟 (12 vols.)
• Shina Bukkyō shiseki 支那佛教史蹟 (6 vols., 1925-1929)
• Shina Bukkyō shiseki tōsaki 支那佛敎史蹟踏查記 (1938)

With Sekino Tadashi 關野貞

• Shina Bukkyo shiseki eibun hyokai 支那佛教史蹟英文評解 (5 vols.)

References

• Template:XFRC P. 1.958a-b.