Research Interests
ISSHIKI’s research focuses on the transmission and inheritance of Buddhist scholarship in Asia. In recent years, he has been investigating the modernization of Buddhist scholarship in Japan with a view to the changes in the university system. On the basis of his findings, he examines the potential of Buddhist thought for the study of the fusion of humanities and science.
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【Education】
2016 Ph.D. in the field of Indian literature, Indian philosophy, and Buddhist studies, The University of Tokyo
【Academic Positions】
2012-16, 2017 Project Researcher, The University of Tokyo
2018-2020 Project Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
2020-2022 Research Associate, The University of Tokyo
2023-2024 Research Administrator, Kyoto University
2024- Project Associate Professor, Uehiro Project for the Asian Research Library (U-PARL), The University of Tokyo Library System
Books & Articles
Bauddhakośa 1 : a treasury of Buddhist terms and illustrative sentences : The Seventy-five elements (dharma) of Sarvāstivāda in the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya and related works (co-written and co-edited in Japanese). Sankibo Press, 2011.
Bauddhakośa 2 : a treasury of Buddhist terms and illustrative sentences : The One hundred elements (dharma) of Yogācāra in the Abhidharmasamuccaya and Pañcaskandhaka (co-written and co-edited in Japanese). Sankibo Press, 2014.
Saṃghabhadra’s recognition of dharma : a study on the religious basis of sarvāstivāda ontology (in Japanese). Sankibo Press, 2020.
Aspiring to Transcend : Legacy and Future of Interdisciplinarity in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Kyoto University (co-written and co-edited in Japanese). Kyoto University Research Administration Center Humanities and Social Sciences Division, 2024.