About Fumihiko Sueki
Born 1949. Fumihiko Sueki is a Japanese historian, university teacher, religious studies scholar and buddhism in Japan.
is a Japanese academic and historian, and one of Japan's leading scholars of Japanese Buddhism. He is a professor at the in Kyoto. A member of the advisory board of Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture's Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, he is also a contributor to the journal itself.
Early life Sueki's studies at the University of Tokyo were rewarded with a BA in 1973 and an MA in 1975.
Career From 1995 through 2009, Sueki was a professor at the University of Tokyo.
日本仏教史 : 思想史としてのアプローチ (1992) 観無量寿経 (1992) 日本仏教思想史論考 (1993) 禅と思想 (1997) 鎌倉仏教形成論: 思想史の立場から (1998) 近代日本の思想再考 (2004) 明治思想家論 (2004) 近代日本と仏教 (2004) 日本宗教史 (2006) The Sutra on the Concentration of Sitting Meditation (2009) 日本の思想をよむ (2020) English translation Exploring Japanese Thought (2025)
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Who is Fumihiko Sueki?
Japanese historian
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Fumihiko Sueki was born on 6 September 1949 in Kofu.
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Fumihiko Sueki is a historian, university teacher, religious studies scholar and buddhism in Japan.
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