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Kōgen Mizuno (水野 弘元, Mizuno Kōgen, November 19, 1901 – January 1, 2006) was a Japanese Buddhist monk of the Soto sect and scholar of Early Buddhism. He served as president of Komazawa University where he attained the status of professor emeritus. He held a Doctorate of Letters degree from the (University of Tokyo) and had an honorary Doctorate of Literature degree from Nalanda University.
Career
Mizuno was born in Saga Prefecture in 1901 and attended Soto Zen Daishi Junior High School (known now as Takagawa Gakuen High School/Junior High School) and then Yamaguchi High School. In 1928, he enrolled in Tokyo Imperial University where he graduated from the Department of Indian Philosophy, Faculty of Letters, before entering the same university's graduate school.
In 1935, he became a lecturer at Komazawa University where he was promoted in 1940, as a professor. Mizuno was renowned for specializing in Pali literature. From 1959 to 1962, he was also a professor at the University of Tokyo. From 1976, he served as vice president of Komazawa University and from 1982 as president of Komazawa University. In 1967, he received the Purple Ribbon Medal.
Mizuno died in January 2006 at the age of 104.
Awards and honors
1967, Medals of Honor (Japan), Purple Ribbon
1979, Oriental Academic Special Award
1981, 15th Buddhist Mission Award
Books
See also
Pre-sectarian Buddhism
Buddhism in Japan
Japanese Zen
Pali literature
Sōtō Zen
References
External links
Sōtō Zen International Official homepage of the Sōtō school of Zen.
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