Takakusu Junjirō

, who often published as J. Takakusu, was a Buddhist Studies scholar and Sanskritist who is known internationally for leading the work to compile and edit the Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō, a modern edition of the Chinese Buddhist Canon that was highly influential on Buddhist studies and remains in use by scholars today. An advocate for the expansion of higher education, Takakusu founded a Buddhist girl's school in 1924, which eventually became Musashino University.

He founded the Musashino Girls' School in 1924. The institution evolved on the principle of "Buddhist-based human education," moving in 1929 to its present location in Nishitōkyō, Tokyo and becoming Musashino Women's University. The institution Takakusu founded is now known as . This edition of the Buddhist Canon was published in Tokyo between 1924 and 1934 in 100 volumes. It is one of the first editions of the canon with modern punctuation and modern scholarly notes. Asahi Prize in 1932 Order of Culture, 1944

Selected works The Amitâyur dhyâna-sûtra, trans J. Takakusu, in Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts, Part 2, published in Sacred Books of the East, vol. 49, pp. 161–201, Oxford University Press, 1894. A Record of the Buddhist Religion as Practised in India and the Malay Archipelago, London: Clarendon Press, 1896. Dai Nihon Bukkyō zensho (The Great Buddhist Works of Japan), ed. Takakusu Junjirō et al., 150 volumes, Tokyo: Dai Nihon Bukkyō zensho kankōkai, 1913-1921. (Re-edited, 100 volumes, Suzuki gakujutsu zaidan, Tokyo: Kōdansha, 1970-1973.) Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 大正新脩大蔵経, Takakusu Junjirō, Watanabe Kaigyoku. 100 volumes, Tokyo: Taisho Issaikyo Kankokai, 1924-1934. Nanden daizōkyō 南伝大蔵経 (The Mahātripiṭaka of the Southern Tradition) [Japanese translation of the Pāli Canon], ed. Takakusu Junjirō. 65 volumes, Tokyo: Daizokyo shuppansha, 1935-1941. The Essentials of Buddhist Philosophy, ed. Wing-tsit Chan and Charles Moors. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT. 1976 Upanishatto Zensho (Complete Works of the Upanishads) (1922-1924), 9-volumes, Tokyo. Takakusu Junjirō Zenshū (The Collected Works of Takakusu Junjirō). Published in 10 volumes by Kyoiku Shinchosha in Tokyo in 1977. From Śākyamuni Tathāgata to Shinran Shōnin By Takakusu Junjirō (1938)