Takamaro Shigaraki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Takamaro Shigaraki

Japanese philosopher

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1926

Place of Birth: Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 26-Sep-2014

Profession: writer, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Takamaro Shigaraki (?? ??, 1926 – 26 September 2014) was a Japanese Buddhist philosopher.
Shigaraki is widely regarded as one of the most influential Buddhologists of the Jodo Shinshu in the 20th century.Shigaraki was born in Hiroshima in 1926.
The former president of Ryukoku University spent his career studying Pure Land Buddhism.
He was on the faculty of Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan, since 1958.
He tried to clarify a contemporary meaning of Buddhism through looking into Shinran’s thought from a perspective of existentialism.
Shigaraki has been influenced by Paul Tillich. He died of chronic respiratory failure, on 26 September 2014.