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Hiroshi Kanno

Present Positions

Vice Director, the Institute of Oriental Philosophy

Specially Appointed Research Fellow, Institute of Oriental Philosophy

Professor, Soka University

Fields of Research

Buddhist Studies

Chinese Buddhist Thought

Academic Societies

The International Association of Buddhist Studies

The Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies

Japanese Association for Religious Studies

The Institute of Eastern Culture

Nihon Buddhist Research Association

Education

The University of Tokyo, D.Litt., Buddhist Studies (1994)

Main Publications (Books):

  • 法華玄義を読む―天台思想入門 [Reading the Fahua xuanyi: Introduction to the Tiantai Thought] (Daizō Shuppan, April 2013), 408.
  • 南北朝・隋代の中国仏教思想研究 [Study on Chinese Buddhist Thought of the North and South Dynasties and Sui Period] (Daizō Shuppan, February 2012), 614.
  • 法華文句I-IV [Annotated Translation of Fahua Wenju, 4 Volumes] (Tokyo: Daisan Bunmeisha, 2007-2012), 1310.
  • The Meaning of the Lotus Sūtra’s Course of Ease and Bliss : An Annotated Translation and Study of Nanyue Huisi’s (515-577) Fahua jing anlexing yi, co-author with Daniel Bruce Stevenson, Bibliotheca Philologia et Philosophica Buddhica IX (Tokyo: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University, 2006).
  • 法華経思想史から学ぶ仏教 [Learning Buddhism Based on the History of Development of the Lotus Sūtra Thought] (Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan, 2003), 238.
  • 法華経入門 [Introduction to the Lotus Sūtra] (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2001), 234.
  • 法華統略 上・下 [Annotated Translation of the Fahua Tonglüe, 2 Volumes] (Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan, 1998, 2000) 884.
  • 法華経の出現 [The Emergence of the Lotus Sūtra] (Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan, 1997), 236.
  • 法華義記 [Annotated Translation of the Fahua Yiji] (Tokyo: 1996), 550.
  • 法華玄義　上・中・下, [Annotated Translation of Fahua Xuanyi, 3 Volumes, Annotated Translation of Fahua xuanyi, 3 volumes] (Tokyo: Daisan Bunmeisha, 1995), 1062.
  • 中国法華思想の研究 [A Study of Chinese Thought on the Lotus Sūtra] (Tokyo: 　Shunjusha, 1994), 886.
  • 法華経－永遠の菩薩道－[The Lotus Sūtra: The Eternal Practice of Bodhisattva] (Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan,1993), 302.
  • 法華経の七つの譬喩 [Seven Allegories of the Lotus Sūtra] (Tokyo: Daisan Bunmeisha, 1993), 210.
  • 法華とは何か—『法華遊意』を読む—[What is the Lotus Sūtra?: Reading the Fahua Youyi ] (Tokyo: Shunjusha, 1992), 432.
  • 一念三千とは何か [What is the doctrine of “the macrocosm in a moment of thought?] (Tokyo: Diasan Bunmeisha, 1992), 268.

Selected Articles (English):

  • “Saddharma and the One Buddha Vehicle in the Lotus Sūtra,” The Journal of Oriental Studies 22 (2012): 102-111.
  • “The Bodhisattvas of the Earth in the Lotus Sūtra: Involvement in the Human Society,” The Journal of Oriental Studies 20 (2010): 108-128.
  • “The Core of Śākyamuni Buddha’s Teachings and the Distinctive Features of the Lotus Sūtra,” The Journal of Oriental Studies 19 (2009): 36-50.
  • “On the Concept of ‘Salvic Impetus’ and ‘Stimulus and Response’ in the Early Period of Chinese Buddhim, Focusing on the Cases of Daosheng and Sengliang” Buddhism and Culture in Hounour of the Seventieth Birthday of Professor Dr. Kosho Tada (Tokyo: Sankibo Busshorin, November 2008): 51-74 [R].
  • “The Bodhisattva Way and Valuing the Real World in the Lotus Sūtra,” The Journal of Oriental Studies 17 (2007): 180-197.
  • “A General Survey of Research Concerning Chinese Commentaries on the Lotus Sūtra,” Annual Report of The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the Academic Year 2006, vol.X (2007) : 417-444.
  • “The Bodhisattva Way and Valuing the Real World in the Lotus Sūtra,” The Journal of Oriental Studies 17 (2007): 180-197.
  • “The Lotus Sūtra and the Dialogue of Religions,” The Journal of Oriental Studies 16 (October 2006): 139-155.
  • “Inclusivism and Religious Tolerance in the Lotus Sūtra,” The Journal of Oriental Studies 15 (2005): 94-108.
  • “The Modern Significance of the Lotus Sūtra,” The Journal of Oriental Studies 14 (2004): 95-111.
  • “Chinese Buddhist Sutra Commentaries of the Early Period,” in: Annual Report of The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the Academic Year 2002, vol. VI (2003): 301-20.
  • “The Practice of Bodhisattva Never Disparaging in the Lotus Sūtra and its Reception in China and Japan,” The Journal of Oriental Studies 12 (December 2002): 104-122.
  • “The Reception of Lotus Sūtra Thought in China,” The Journal of Oriental Studies 11 (2002): 106-122.
  • “The Reception of the Lotus Sūtra in Japan,” The Journal of Oriental Studies 10 (2000): 31-46.
  • “A Comparison of Zhiyi's and Jizang's Views of the Lotus Sutra: Did Zhiyi, after all, Advocate a ‘Lotus Absolutism?” Annual Report of The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the Academic Year 1999, vol. III (2000): 125-147.
  • “An Overview of Research on Chinese Commentaries of the Lotus Sūtra,” ACTA ASIATICA 66 (1994): 87-103.
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