THE 56th BUKKYO DENDO BUNKA-SHO(The 56th Cultural Award for the Promotion of Buddhism)

BUKKYO DENDO KYOKAI
Society for the Promotion of Buddhism
2022

BUKKYO DENDO BUNKA-SHO(The Cultural Award for the Promotion of Buddhism)
Selection Committee Outline
1. This committee shall be called “The Selection Committee for the Cultural Award for the
Promotion of Buddhism.”
2. The office of this committee is located at BUKKYO DENDO KYOKAI; 3-14, Shiba 4chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0014 JAPAN.
3. One of BUKKYO DENDO KYOKAI’s main projects is the annual recognition of selectindividuals who have contributed to the promotion of Buddhism in areas such as Buddhist
spirit, culture, academic study, etc. and present them with a recognition and a monetary
prize at an appropriate ceremony.
4. The awardee(s) shall be nominated from the public and selected from the following
categories and guidelines: Research, Thesis, Literary Work, Translation, Field Investigation,
Publication, Literary Arts, Arts, Music, Critique, Missionary Work, Buddhist Practice, etc.
The two award categories are:
BUKKYO DENDO BUNKA-SHO (Cultural Award for the Promotion of Buddhism);
Presented to individual(s) or organization(s) that have made significant contributions in the
promotion of Buddhist culture.
NUMATA SHOREI-SHO (NUMATA Innovation & Visionary Award);
Presented to individual(s) or organization(s) that currently exhibit potential to play an active
and influential role in the development of promotional activities of Buddhist culture in the
future.
5. The awardee nomination list will be based on nomination forms sent to BDK by outside
authorities and representatives in the Buddhist community. The awardee (s) will be selectedby the Selection Committee based on submitted data.
6. The monetary prize for BUKKYO DENDO BUNKA-SHO is JPY 5,000,000. The monetary
prize for the NUMATA SHOREI-SHO is JPY 3,000,000. However, if two people are
selected for the NUMATA SHOREI-SHO, the monetary prize will be divided in half andeach recipient will receive JPY 1,500,000.
7. The award presentation ceremony will be sponsored and administered by BUKKYODENDO KYOKAI.
8. The expenses for this committee will be borne by BUKKYO DENDO KYOKAI.
9. The selection will be made by the independent committee members.
10. The distribution and collection of information, documents, and other administrative
responsibilities are the responsibility of BUKKYO DENDO KYOKAI.
BUKKYO DENDO BUNKA-SHO
─Award Selection Committee Members─
OKUBO, RYOSHUN (Chairman)
HEMMI, MICHIOKATSURA, SHORYU
ASAI, YASUKOSUGAWARA, NOBUOKATAYAMA, TOSHIHIKOMIYAJI, AKIRABUKKYO DENDO BUNKA-SHO/ KORO-SHO AWARD CATEGORIES
			
			
			

BUKKYO DENDO BUNKA-SHO (The Cultural Award for the Promotion of Buddhism)(A) Research, Thesis, Literary Work, Translation, Field Investigation, Publication, etc.
(B) Literary Arts, Arts, Music, Critique, etc.
(C) Missionary Work, Practice of the Dharma, etc.

			
			
			
			

BUKKYO DENDO KORO-SHO (The Award for Distinguished Service for the Promotion of 		
Buddhism)
Presented to distinguished individuals who have long devoted themselves to the promotion of 		
Buddhism.

			

The 4th BUNKA-SHO(1970)

The 1st BUNKA-SHO(1967)(A) IWANO, SHINYU: Born 1892 in
Tokyo; devoted many years to thet r a n sla t ion a nd pub­l i­c a­t ion of
Buddhist scriptures.

(A) HIRAKAWA, AKIRA: Born 1915
in Aichi prefecture; produced worldacclaimed research work such as A
Study of Early Maha-yana
Buddhism.

(B) KINO, KAZUYOSHI: Born 1922
in Yamaguchi prefecture; wrote many
popular books on Bud­dhism, thereby
contributing to themodernization of Buddhism.

(B) NIWA, FUMIO: Born 1904 in
Mie prefecture; recognized for his
work “Shinran” and his services
i n t h e p r o m o t io n of Bu d d h i s tliterature.

The 2nd BUNKA-SHO (1968)

The 5th BUNKA-SHO (1971)

The 7th BUNKA-SHO (1973)(A) TOMOMATSU, ENTAI: Born
1895 in Nagoya; promoted a mass
enlightenment movement in the earlyyears of the Showa era and lat­er also
pro­mot­ed the Truth Move­ment.

(KORO-SHO) ONISHI, RYOKEI:
Born 1875 in Nara prefecture; abbot
of Kiyomizu-dera Temple and active
in social welfare work, thep r o p a ga t i o n o f Buddhism, andBuddhist ex­change between Japanand China.

(B) NAKAYAMA, GENYU: Born

( K O R O - S H O ) M AT S U U R A ,SHINOBU: Born 1896 in Fukui pre­fec­ture; ren­dered her service as wifeof a Buddhist missionary in North
America and endeared her­self to allas “mother of the heart.”

1902 in Shiga prefecture; autho­­­­­r ity
in traditional Tendai Buddhist music
who rendered great services throughper­for­mance, instruction and writing.

The 10th BUNKA-SHO (1976)(KORO-SHO) NOSU, KOSETSU:
Born 1884 in Kagawa prefecture;
devoted his life to the drawing of
Buddhism paintings based on thelife of Shakyamuni.

(A) TAMAKI, KOSHIRO: Born 1915
in Kumamoto prefecture; pur­sued theelucidation of Buddhist thought withh i s s u p e r b c o m ­p e ­t e n c e i ncomparative philosophy and textual
criticism.

The 8th BUNKA-SHO (1974)(B) TAKEDA, TAIJUN: Born 1912 inTo­kyo; writer and religionist who
squarely faced the desperate plight ofman and pursued true wisdom.

(B) MAYUZUMI, TOSHIRO: Born
1929 in Yokohama; created a se­ries of
Buddhist musical pieces with theprofound sound of bells and tra­di­tion­a l Buddhist music as their
themes.

(B) OUCHI, SEIHO: Born 1898 inTokyo; leading figure in the world of
Japa ne s e s cu lpt u r e who b r oke
original ground in the production of
Buddhist images.

(C) TOKIWA, SHOKEN: Born 1930
in Osaka prefecture; head priest of
Tsubosaka-dera Temple who de­vot­edhim­self to the welfare of the blind andwas also active in the movement for
the relief of lepers.

( K O R O - S H O ) YA M A G U C H I ,SUSUMU: Born 1895 in Kyoto; pub­lished outstanding academic pa­pers
and was recognized for his com­pi­la­tion and publication of“The Teaching of Buddha.”(C) TSUNAWAKI, RYUMYO: Born
1876 i n F u k u o k a p r e f e c t u r e ;forerunner in work for the reliefof the lepers, he also actively
practiced re­s pect for fellowmen
as taught in the “Chapter of theBodhisattva Never Disparaging”
in the Lotus Sutra.

(C) KUBOSE, GYOMEI: Born 1905
in San Francisco, U.S.A.; was activein the fore-front of missionary work in
the U.S.A. as a second-generation
missionary of Higashi Hongan-ji
Temple.

(KORO-SHO) FUJII, NITTATSU:
Born 1885 in Kumamoto prefecture;
leader of the Nihonzan Myohoji
Samgha and a devoted advocate of
the non-violent peace movement.

(KO RO - S H O ) SHIMIZUTANI,KYOJUN: Born 1891 in Gunma pre­fec­ture; as abbot of Senso-ji Tem­ple
was actively involved in the prop­a­ga­tion of Buddhism and as a scholar,
was an authority on the study of Es­o­ter­ic Buddhism.

The 3rd BUNKA-SHO (1969)

The 6th BUNKA-SHO (1972)

The 9th BUNKA-SHO (1975)

The 11th BUNKA-SHO (1977)(C) ONO, SEIICHIRO: Born 1891 in
Iwate prefecture; was the supreme
authority in Japanese legal circles
and an ardent devotee of Shinran.

(C)HUMPHREYS, CHRISTMAS:
Born 1901 in London, U.K.; wasactive as president of the Buddhist
Society, London, in the world­wide
dissemination of Buddhism.

(C) YAMADA, MUMON: Born 1900
in Aichi prefecture; was actively
involved as president of Hanazono
University in the propagation of
Buddhism through student guid­ance,
writing and lectures.

(B) KITAGAWA, MOMOO: Born
1899 in Tokyo; promoted through his
w r it i n g s a n u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f
Japa ne s e Bud d h ist a r t b ot h i nJa­pan and abroad.

(A) UMEHARA, TAKESHI: Born
1925 in Sendai; philosopher who
devoted himself to the study of
Buddhist thought, ushering in a new
age in the popular dis­sem­i­na­tion of
Buddhism.

(A) FUJITA, KOTATSU: Born 1928 in
Hokkaido; produced pioneering workin the unexplored field of Early Pure
Land thought.

(C) TSUNEMITSU, KONEN: Born
1891 in Hiroshima prefecture; prac­ti­tio­n e r o f Bu d d h i s m w h o d e­v o t e­ dhimself to the All-One Bud­d histM o v e m e n t a n d a f t e r t h e w a r,
launched a Buddhist news- paper.

2(A) NAKAMURA, HAJIME: Born
1912 i n S h i m a n e p r e f e c t u r e ;le a d i ng a ut h o r it y i n Ja p a n e s e
Buddhologica l ci rcles who wasrecognized for his work in the compi la t ion of “A C o m pre h e n s i ve
Dictionary of Buddhist Terms.”(B) HIRAYAMA, IKUO: Born 1930
in Hiroshima prefecture; Japanesepainter who produced many works
relating to the Buddhist ruins of the
Silk Road.

3BUKKYO DENDO BUNKA-SHO/ KORO-SHO AWARD CATEGORIES
			
			
			

BUKKYO DENDO BUNKA-SHO (The Cultural Award for the Promotion of Buddhism)(A) Research, Thesis, Literary Work, Translation, Field Investigation, Publication, etc.
(B) Literary Arts, Arts, Music, Critique, etc.
(C) Missionary Work, Practice of the Dharma, etc.

			
			
			
			

BUKKYO DENDO KORO-SHO (The Award for Distinguished Service for the Promotion of 		
Buddhism)
Presented to distinguished individuals who have long devoted themselves to the promotion of 		
Buddhism.

			

The 4th BUNKA-SHO(1970)

The 1st BUNKA-SHO(1967)(A) IWANO, SHINYU: Born 1892 in
Tokyo; devoted many years to thet r a n sla t ion a nd pub­l i­c a­t ion of
Buddhist scriptures.

(A) HIRAKAWA, AKIRA: Born 1915
in Aichi prefecture; produced worldacclaimed research work such as A
Study of Early Maha-yana
Buddhism.

(B) KINO, KAZUYOSHI: Born 1922
in Yamaguchi prefecture; wrote many
popular books on Bud­dhism, thereby
contributing to themodernization of Buddhism.

(B) NIWA, FUMIO: Born 1904 in
Mie prefecture; recognized for his
work “Shinran” and his services
i n t h e p r o m o t io n of Bu d d h i s tliterature.

The 2nd BUNKA-SHO (1968)

The 5th BUNKA-SHO (1971)

The 7th BUNKA-SHO (1973)(A) TOMOMATSU, ENTAI: Born
1895 in Nagoya; promoted a mass
enlightenment movement in the earlyyears of the Showa era and lat­er also
pro­mot­ed the Truth Move­ment.

(KORO-SHO) ONISHI, RYOKEI:
Born 1875 in Nara prefecture; abbot
of Kiyomizu-dera Temple and active
in social welfare work, thep r o p a ga t i o n o f Buddhism, andBuddhist ex­change between Japanand China.

(B) NAKAYAMA, GENYU: Born

( K O R O - S H O ) M AT S U U R A ,SHINOBU: Born 1896 in Fukui pre­fec­ture; ren­dered her service as wifeof a Buddhist missionary in North
America and endeared her­self to allas “mother of the heart.”

1902 in Shiga prefecture; autho­­­­­r ity
in traditional Tendai Buddhist music
who rendered great services throughper­for­mance, instruction and writing.

The 10th BUNKA-SHO (1976)(KORO-SHO) NOSU, KOSETSU:
Born 1884 in Kagawa prefecture;
devoted his life to the drawing of
Buddhism paintings based on thelife of Shakyamuni.

(A) TAMAKI, KOSHIRO: Born 1915
in Kumamoto prefecture; pur­sued theelucidation of Buddhist thought withh i s s u p e r b c o m ­p e ­t e n c e i ncomparative philosophy and textual
criticism.

The 8th BUNKA-SHO (1974)(B) TAKEDA, TAIJUN: Born 1912 inTo­kyo; writer and religionist who
squarely faced the desperate plight ofman and pursued true wisdom.

(B) MAYUZUMI, TOSHIRO: Born
1929 in Yokohama; created a se­ries of
Buddhist musical pieces with theprofound sound of bells and tra­di­tion­a l Buddhist music as their
themes.

(B) OUCHI, SEIHO: Born 1898 inTokyo; leading figure in the world of
Japa ne s e s cu lpt u r e who b r oke
original ground in the production of
Buddhist images.

(C) TOKIWA, SHOKEN: Born 1930
in Osaka prefecture; head priest of
Tsubosaka-dera Temple who de­vot­edhim­self to the welfare of the blind andwas also active in the movement for
the relief of lepers.

( K O R O - S H O ) YA M A G U C H I ,SUSUMU: Born 1895 in Kyoto; pub­lished outstanding academic pa­pers
and was recognized for his com­pi­la­tion and publication of“The Teaching of Buddha.”(C) TSUNAWAKI, RYUMYO: Born
1876 i n F u k u o k a p r e f e c t u r e ;forerunner in work for the reliefof the lepers, he also actively
practiced re­s pect for fellowmen
as taught in the “Chapter of theBodhisattva Never Disparaging”
in the Lotus Sutra.

(C) KUBOSE, GYOMEI: Born 1905
in San Francisco, U.S.A.; was activein the fore-front of missionary work in
the U.S.A. as a second-generation
missionary of Higashi Hongan-ji
Temple.

(KORO-SHO) FUJII, NITTATSU:
Born 1885 in Kumamoto prefecture;
leader of the Nihonzan Myohoji
Samgha and a devoted advocate of
the non-violent peace movement.

(KO RO - S H O ) SHIMIZUTANI,KYOJUN: Born 1891 in Gunma pre­fec­ture; as abbot of Senso-ji Tem­ple
was actively involved in the prop­a­ga­tion of Buddhism and as a scholar,
was an authority on the study of Es­o­ter­ic Buddhism.

The 3rd BUNKA-SHO (1969)

The 6th BUNKA-SHO (1972)

The 9th BUNKA-SHO (1975)

The 11th BUNKA-SHO (1977)(C) ONO, SEIICHIRO: Born 1891 in
Iwate prefecture; was the supreme
authority in Japanese legal circles
and an ardent devotee of Shinran.

(C)HUMPHREYS, CHRISTMAS:
Born 1901 in London, U.K.; wasactive as president of the Buddhist
Society, London, in the world­wide
dissemination of Buddhism.

(C) YAMADA, MUMON: Born 1900
in Aichi prefecture; was actively
involved as president of Hanazono
University in the propagation of
Buddhism through student guid­ance,
writing and lectures.

(B) KITAGAWA, MOMOO: Born
1899 in Tokyo; promoted through his
w r it i n g s a n u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f
Japa ne s e Bud d h ist a r t b ot h i nJa­pan and abroad.

(A) UMEHARA, TAKESHI: Born
1925 in Sendai; philosopher who
devoted himself to the study of
Buddhist thought, ushering in a new
age in the popular dis­sem­i­na­tion of
Buddhism.

(A) FUJITA, KOTATSU: Born 1928 in
Hokkaido; produced pioneering workin the unexplored field of Early Pure
Land thought.

(C) TSUNEMITSU, KONEN: Born
1891 in Hiroshima prefecture; prac­ti­tio­n e r o f Bu d d h i s m w h o d e­v o t e­ dhimself to the All-One Bud­d histM o v e m e n t a n d a f t e r t h e w a r,
launched a Buddhist news- paper.

2(A) NAKAMURA, HAJIME: Born
1912 i n S h i m a n e p r e f e c t u r e ;le a d i ng a ut h o r it y i n Ja p a n e s e
Buddhologica l ci rcles who wasrecognized for his work in the compi la t ion of “A C o m pre h e n s i ve
Dictionary of Buddhist Terms.”(B) HIRAYAMA, IKUO: Born 1930
in Hiroshima prefecture; Japanesepainter who produced many works
relating to the Buddhist ruins of the
Silk Road.

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The 14th BUNKA-SHO (1980)(B) INOUE, YASUSHI: Born 1907 in
Hokkaido; author known for his many
works related to Bud­dhism, such as“Roof tile of Tem-pyo” and “Tunhuang.”(KORO-SHO)
HANAYAMA, SHINSHO: Born 1898
i n I s h i k awa prefecture; p r i s o nchaplain for the International Mil­i­tary
Tribunal for the Far East who also
devoted himself to the east­ern spreadof Buddhism.

(KORO-SHO) NISHITANI, KEIJI:
Born 1900 in Ishikawa prefecture;authority on religious phi­los­o­phy andrecognized for his work in elu­ci­dat­
ing the value of Bud­dhist phi­los­o­phy.

(A) NAKAMURA, ZUIRYU: Born
1915 in Aomori prefecture; madefield surveys of Bud­d hist sites inIndia and Ti­b et and un­d er­t ook
excavations at the ru­ins of Kapilavastu.

(C) SEKI, HOZEN: Born 1903 in
Kagoshima prefecture; spent a col­or­
ful quarter-century in mis­sion­-ary workin north Amer­i­ca and es­tab­lished the
New York Bud­dhist Academy.

(KORO -SHO ) CHAO, PUCHU:
Born 1907 in Anhui, Chi­na; applied
himself to the re­viv­al of Buddhism inChina and also ren­dered great services
in Buddhist ex­change between China
and Ja­pan.

(KORO-SHO) TAIRA, KIKUJI: Born
1911 in California; physi‑
cian in California by vocation, he wasa l s o a c t ive i n m i s s i o n a r y a n dvolunteer work.

(C) KATO, BENZABURO: Born
1899 in Shimane prefecture; lay pa­tronof Buddhism who as a busi­ness­man
dedicated himself to the Lay Bud­dhism Movement.

(KORO -SHO ) NASU, SEIRYU:
Born 1894 in Aichi prefecture; fore­
most authority on the doctrines of Es­o­ter­ic Buddhism who also devoted
himself to the propagation of Bud­dhism as a “Shingon practi‑
tioner.”

The 17th BUNKA-SHO (1983)

The 19th BUNKA-SHO (1985)(A) KAMATA, SHIGEO: Born 1927
in Kanagawa prefecture; foremost
authority on Hua-yen doctrine who
also undertook field research of
Buddhist historical sites.

(C) INTERNATIONAL BUD­DHISTBROTHERHOOD AS­SO­CI­A­TION
Rep. IWAYA, SHOYU: Erected theNi ­h on-ji Tem­p le i n Bo d hgaya ,In­dia, and rendered ser­vic­es in wel­fare work.

(B) IRIE, TAIKICHI: Born 1905 in
Nara prefecture; conveyed Bud­dhist
cul­ture to the world at large throughhis vivid depictions of ancient tem­plesand natural scen­ery in and around
Nara.

(A) NAGAO, GADJIN: Born 1907 inHi­roshi­ma prefecture; recognized forhis supervision and com­p i­l a­t ion of
Mahayana scriptures and for sci­en­
tif­ic investigations in cen­tral Asia.

(C) SHIMIZU, KOSHO: Born 1911 in
Hyogo prefecture; recog‑
nized for his great achievement asa b b o t o f To d a i - j i Te m p l e i noverseeing the repairs on the Great
Buddha Hall.

(KORO-SHO) AOKI, YUKO: Born
1891 in Tokyo; contributed to thedis­s em­i­n a­t ion of Buddhist music
both in Japan and abroad as a trans­
mit­ter of the traditional Bud­d histmu­sic of Buzan sect.

(KORO -SHO) YAMADA, ETAI:
Born 1895 in Hyogo prefecture; headof Tendai school who applied him­self
to the popular dis­s em­i­n a­t ion of
Buddhism and trans­formed Mt. Hiei
into a propagation cen­ter.

(B) DOMON, KEN: Born 1909 in
Yamagata prefecture; made an orig­i­nal contribution as a pho­tog­ra­pher tot h e d i s­s e m­i­n a­t i o n o f J a p­a­n e s e
Buddhist art.

(KORO-SHO)
MIZUNO, KOGEN: Born 1901 in
Saga prefecture; great schol­ar in Pali
studies with A Pali Dictionary andmany other works to his credit.

(KORO-SHO)
JAYEWARDENE, J. R.: Born 1906 in
Colombo, Sri Lanka; president of Sri
Lanka and a devout fol­low­e r of
Buddhism.

(KORO-SHO) JOH, MYUNG GEE:
Born 1905 in Korea; recog-nized forhis many years of research in Korean
Buddhism and his services to Bud­dhist academic exchange be­tween
Korea and Japan.

The 16th BUNKA-SHO (1982)

The 18th BUNKA-SHO(1984)

The 20th BUNKA-SHO (1986)(B) NAKAMURA, SODO: Born 1901
in Shizuoka; active as a leading
figure in calligraphical cir­cles, withmore than 80% of his work being
Buddhist in content.

( C ) F U J I M OT O , KO H O : B o r n
1910 in Nagano prefecture; advocated “one temple, one orphan” anddevoted himself to welfa re andpropagation activities.

( C ) RY U , R E N : B o r n 1909 i n
Sichuan, China; nun well versed inboth Exoteric and Esoteric Bud­dhism
who applied herself to the revival of
Buddhism in China.

(KORO-SHO) TOKI, ZENMARO:
Born 1885 in Tokyo; famous poet
who published a work entitled“NO” deal­ing with Buddhist his­tor­i­cal fig­ures.

The 12th BUNKA-SHO (1978)

The 15th BUNKA-SHO (1981)(KORO -SHO) KUREBAYASHI,
KODO: Born 1893 in Shizuoka pre­fec­ture; recognized for his work in
education as president of Ko­maza­wa
University and for his dis­tin­guishedservices as a scholar in Soto studies.

The 13th BUNKA-SHO (1979)(KORO-SHO) T A K E M U R A ,KICHIEMON: Born 1900 in Akita
pre­fec­ture; active in many fields suchas education, lay pa­t ron­a ge of
Buddhism, and as chair­man of theboard of directors of the Foun­da­tion
for the promotion of Bud­dhism.

(A) TAKASAKI, JIKIDO: Born 1926
in Tokyo; produced out-standing
results in his study of
Ta t h a g a t a g a r b h a t h o u g h t , a nimportant current of Buddhist
doctrine.

(KORO-SHO)
TAMAI, YOSHITAKA: Born 1900 in
Toyama prefecture; active as a
missionary in the U.S.A. andp o p u l a r l y k n ow n a s “ To d a y ’s
Ryokan.”4(B) NISHIMURA, KOCHO: Born
1915 in Osaka prefecture; active in therestoration of Buddhist images, healso applied himself to the re­searchand preservation of Buddhist im­ag­es
and the education of suc­ces­sors to
his work.

(A) ISHIDA, MIZUMARO: Born
1917 in Hokkaido; recognized for hissound and meticulous research on theprecepts in Japanese Bud­dhism.

(A) OCHO, ENICHI: Born 1906 in
Aichi prefecture; recognized for his
work in breaking new ground in the
study of Chinese Bud­dhism.

(B) HANAOKA, DAIGAKU: Born
1909 in Nara prefecture; breaking
new ground in Buddhist juvenile
literature, he conveyed the spirit of
Buddhism to a wide range of read­ers.

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The 14th BUNKA-SHO (1980)(B) INOUE, YASUSHI: Born 1907 in
Hokkaido; author known for his many
works related to Bud­dhism, such as“Roof tile of Tem-pyo” and “Tunhuang.”(KORO-SHO)
HANAYAMA, SHINSHO: Born 1898
i n I s h i k awa prefecture; p r i s o nchaplain for the International Mil­i­tary
Tribunal for the Far East who also
devoted himself to the east­ern spreadof Buddhism.

(KORO-SHO) NISHITANI, KEIJI:
Born 1900 in Ishikawa prefecture;authority on religious phi­los­o­phy andrecognized for his work in elu­ci­dat­
ing the value of Bud­dhist phi­los­o­phy.

(A) NAKAMURA, ZUIRYU: Born
1915 in Aomori prefecture; madefield surveys of Bud­d hist sites inIndia and Ti­b et and un­d er­t ook
excavations at the ru­ins of Kapilavastu.

(C) SEKI, HOZEN: Born 1903 in
Kagoshima prefecture; spent a col­or­
ful quarter-century in mis­sion­-ary workin north Amer­i­ca and es­tab­lished the
New York Bud­dhist Academy.

(KORO -SHO ) CHAO, PUCHU:
Born 1907 in Anhui, Chi­na; applied
himself to the re­viv­al of Buddhism inChina and also ren­dered great services
in Buddhist ex­change between China
and Ja­pan.

(KORO-SHO) TAIRA, KIKUJI: Born
1911 in California; physi‑
cian in California by vocation, he wasa l s o a c t ive i n m i s s i o n a r y a n dvolunteer work.

(C) KATO, BENZABURO: Born
1899 in Shimane prefecture; lay pa­tronof Buddhism who as a busi­ness­man
dedicated himself to the Lay Bud­dhism Movement.

(KORO -SHO ) NASU, SEIRYU:
Born 1894 in Aichi prefecture; fore­
most authority on the doctrines of Es­o­ter­ic Buddhism who also devoted
himself to the propagation of Bud­dhism as a “Shingon practi‑
tioner.”

The 17th BUNKA-SHO (1983)

The 19th BUNKA-SHO (1985)(A) KAMATA, SHIGEO: Born 1927
in Kanagawa prefecture; foremost
authority on Hua-yen doctrine who
also undertook field research of
Buddhist historical sites.

(C) INTERNATIONAL BUD­DHISTBROTHERHOOD AS­SO­CI­A­TION
Rep. IWAYA, SHOYU: Erected theNi ­h on-ji Tem­p le i n Bo d hgaya ,In­dia, and rendered ser­vic­es in wel­fare work.

(B) IRIE, TAIKICHI: Born 1905 in
Nara prefecture; conveyed Bud­dhist
cul­ture to the world at large throughhis vivid depictions of ancient tem­plesand natural scen­ery in and around
Nara.

(A) NAGAO, GADJIN: Born 1907 inHi­roshi­ma prefecture; recognized forhis supervision and com­p i­l a­t ion of
Mahayana scriptures and for sci­en­
tif­ic investigations in cen­tral Asia.

(C) SHIMIZU, KOSHO: Born 1911 in
Hyogo prefecture; recog‑
nized for his great achievement asa b b o t o f To d a i - j i Te m p l e i noverseeing the repairs on the Great
Buddha Hall.

(KORO-SHO) AOKI, YUKO: Born
1891 in Tokyo; contributed to thedis­s em­i­n a­t ion of Buddhist music
both in Japan and abroad as a trans­
mit­ter of the traditional Bud­d histmu­sic of Buzan sect.

(KORO -SHO) YAMADA, ETAI:
Born 1895 in Hyogo prefecture; headof Tendai school who applied him­self
to the popular dis­s em­i­n a­t ion of
Buddhism and trans­formed Mt. Hiei
into a propagation cen­ter.

(B) DOMON, KEN: Born 1909 in
Yamagata prefecture; made an orig­i­nal contribution as a pho­tog­ra­pher tot h e d i s­s e m­i­n a­t i o n o f J a p­a­n e s e
Buddhist art.

(KORO-SHO)
MIZUNO, KOGEN: Born 1901 in
Saga prefecture; great schol­ar in Pali
studies with A Pali Dictionary andmany other works to his credit.

(KORO-SHO)
JAYEWARDENE, J. R.: Born 1906 in
Colombo, Sri Lanka; president of Sri
Lanka and a devout fol­low­e r of
Buddhism.

(KORO-SHO) JOH, MYUNG GEE:
Born 1905 in Korea; recog-nized forhis many years of research in Korean
Buddhism and his services to Bud­dhist academic exchange be­tween
Korea and Japan.

The 16th BUNKA-SHO (1982)

The 18th BUNKA-SHO(1984)

The 20th BUNKA-SHO (1986)(B) NAKAMURA, SODO: Born 1901
in Shizuoka; active as a leading
figure in calligraphical cir­cles, withmore than 80% of his work being
Buddhist in content.

( C ) F U J I M OT O , KO H O : B o r n
1910 in Nagano prefecture; advocated “one temple, one orphan” anddevoted himself to welfa re andpropagation activities.

( C ) RY U , R E N : B o r n 1909 i n
Sichuan, China; nun well versed inboth Exoteric and Esoteric Bud­dhism
who applied herself to the revival of
Buddhism in China.

(KORO-SHO) TOKI, ZENMARO:
Born 1885 in Tokyo; famous poet
who published a work entitled“NO” deal­ing with Buddhist his­tor­i­cal fig­ures.

The 12th BUNKA-SHO (1978)

The 15th BUNKA-SHO (1981)(KORO -SHO) KUREBAYASHI,
KODO: Born 1893 in Shizuoka pre­fec­ture; recognized for his work in
education as president of Ko­maza­wa
University and for his dis­tin­guishedservices as a scholar in Soto studies.

The 13th BUNKA-SHO (1979)(KORO-SHO) T A K E M U R A ,KICHIEMON: Born 1900 in Akita
pre­fec­ture; active in many fields suchas education, lay pa­t ron­a ge of
Buddhism, and as chair­man of theboard of directors of the Foun­da­tion
for the promotion of Bud­dhism.

(A) TAKASAKI, JIKIDO: Born 1926
in Tokyo; produced out-standing
results in his study of
Ta t h a g a t a g a r b h a t h o u g h t , a nimportant current of Buddhist
doctrine.

(KORO-SHO)
TAMAI, YOSHITAKA: Born 1900 in
Toyama prefecture; active as a
missionary in the U.S.A. andp o p u l a r l y k n ow n a s “ To d a y ’s
Ryokan.”4(B) NISHIMURA, KOCHO: Born
1915 in Osaka prefecture; active in therestoration of Buddhist images, healso applied himself to the re­searchand preservation of Buddhist im­ag­es
and the education of suc­ces­sors to
his work.

(A) ISHIDA, MIZUMARO: Born
1917 in Hokkaido; recognized for hissound and meticulous research on theprecepts in Japanese Bud­dhism.

(A) OCHO, ENICHI: Born 1906 in
Aichi prefecture; recognized for his
work in breaking new ground in the
study of Chinese Bud­dhism.

(B) HANAOKA, DAIGAKU: Born
1909 in Nara prefecture; breaking
new ground in Buddhist juvenile
literature, he conveyed the spirit of
Buddhism to a wide range of read­ers.

5

(KORO-SHO) NISHI, GIYU: Born
1897 in Hyogo prefecture; pro­fes­sor
at Toyo University and auth-ority on
the difficult Ab­hid­har­ma doc­trines.

(KORO-SHO)MICHIHATA, RYOSHU: Born 1903
in Hokkaido; leading authority in the study of the his­to­r y ofChinese Buddhism who also ap-­plied
himself to friendship and ex­change
between Japan and Chi­na.

(KORO-SHO)
HIKATA, RYUSHO: Born 1892 in
Fukui prefecture; de­vot­ed himself toresearch of Jataka literature and theedition and re­vi­sion of the Sanskrit
text of the Suvikran‑tavikramipariprccha.

(KORO-SHO) SOBUE, SHONEN:
Born 1908 i n G i f u p r e f e c t u r e ;applying himself for many years to atra­di­tion­al form of preaching, he wasactive in its preservation and the
popular propagation of Bud­dhism.

(KORO-SHO) ITO, SADAO: Born
1906 in Aichi prefecture; organ‑
ist and composer of Buddhist music
who dedicated himself to the prop­a­ga­tion of Buddhism through music.

(KORO-SHO)
DHARMASAKTI, SANYA: Born
1907 in Bangkok, Thailand; now
serves as the pres­id­ ent of the World
Fel­low­s hip of Buddhists and hascon­tribut­e d to the spreading of
Buddhism on an international scale.

The 21st BUNKA-SHO (1987)

The 23rd BUNKA-SHO (1989)

The 25th BUNKA-SHO (1991)(B) OSUGA, HATSUZO: Born 1923
in Nagano prefecture; recog‑
nized for his business management
based on the spirit of Buddhism andhis es­tab­lish­ment of Ibaraki Hu­man
Center.

(C) MATSUBARA, TAIDO: Born
1907 in Tokyo; pushed forward the
propagation of supradenominational /sectarian Buddhism to the gen­e r­a lpublic, as the leader of NAMU-NOKAI.

(B) SAKAMURA, SHINMIN: Born
1909 in Kumamoto prefecture; wrote
poems which show the es­s ence of
Buddhism in daily life, and thus
provided spiritual sup­port to people.

(KORO-SHO)KATAYAMA, NIKKAN:
Born 1899 in Hyogo prefecture;applied himself to the restoration of
Omosu Honmon-ji Temple and the
spread of the Dharma Pro­tec­tion
Movement of Nichiren school.

(KORO-SHO)
KOBAYASHI, YOSOJI: Born 1913 inToyama prefecture; contributed to thenurturing of re­li­gious faith through thec ont i nu a t ion of t h e t elev ision
programming on the Nihon Television
Network “Hour of Religion.”(KORO-SHO)NISHIMURA, SHICHIBEI:
Born 1907 in Kyoto prefecture;
inherited a family business devoted
to the pub­li­ca­tion of Buddhist books
and brought out many fine works.

(KORO-SHO) HONDA, GENSHO: Born
1915 in Hyogo prefecture; fore­most
authority of Tendai chant­ing, strived
for its trans­mis­sion and nurturing of
its suc­ces­sors.

The 22nd BUNKA-SHO (1988)

The 24th BUNKA-SHO (1990)(B) MORIYA, TADASHI: Born 1912
in Gifu prefecture; utilizing the tech­niques of traditional Japanesepainting, he devoted his energies tothe production of numerous out­
stand­ing Buddhism paintings andtemple adornments.

(C) YONEZAWA, HIDEO: Born 1909
in Fukui prefecture; devoted himself
to writing Buddhist lit­e r­a ­ture anddelivering lectures while pur­su­ing
his profession as a M.D.

(B) MAEDA, JOSAKU: Born 1926
in Toya­m a pre­fec­ture; opened up a
new field of Buddhist Art, throughthe depiction of the spirit and realm of
Mandara.

(A) LEGGETT, TREVOR: Born 1914
in London, U.K.; undertook the
study, translation and popular dis­sem­i­na­tion in Great Britain of Japanese cul­
ture and Zen philosophy.

(A) KATSUMATA, SHUNKYO: Born
1909 in Niigata prefecture; au­thor­it­y
on Yogacara thought and Es­o­ter­ic
Buddhism who was ac­tive as head of
Buzan sect of the Sin­gon school inboth research and the prop­a­ga­tion of
Buddhism.

(A) INADA, KENNETH K: Born
1923 in Hawaii, U.S.A.; professor of
Buddhist Philosophy at the State
University of New York at Buf-falo,
and has devoted himself to the publi
cation of books on Bud-dhist
philosophy and the internationalization of Bud­dhism.

6(C) KO, SHIMEI: Born 1932 in
Yamaguchi pre­f ec­t ure; nov­e l­i st.
Through novels based on the teach­ing of St. Shinran, he gave many
young people the hope to live.

The 28th BUNKA-SHO (1994)(A) MAKITA, TAIRYO: Born 1912 in
Shiga prefecture; attained ex­cel­lent
academic results in the study ofmodern Buddhist history in Chi­n aand in the study of sutras whose
origins are not certain.

(A) TAKEUCHI, YOSHINORI: Born
1913 in Mie prefecture; devot‑ edhimself to research on the re­li­gious
p h i l o s o p hy o f S h i n r a n ’s
thought, and introduced Buddhist
thought to the West.

(B) ENOMOTO, EIICHI: Born 1903
in Hyogo prefecture; wrote po­e ms
which are simple and clear
convey, the essence of Buddhism for
30 years after the age of 60.

The 29th BUNKA-SHO (1995)(B) IIDA, RIGYO: Born 1911 in
Gunma prefecture; great au­thor­i­ty on
phonology, he introduced worldwide
the achievements of Ryokan, Soseki,
Shiki, and Yaritu Sozai.

(KORO -SHO) SATO, MITSUO:
Born 1901 in Toyama prefecture;clar­i­f ied various aspects of theSangha of Early Buddhism through thestudy of Buddhist precepts.

(KORO-SHO) SAKAI, YUSAI: Born
1926 in Osaka; twice com­p let­e dKaiho-gyo (rigorous 1,000 day
religious marathon) on Mt. Hiei andmade a deep im­p res­s ion on many
people.

The 26th BUNKA-SHO (1992)

The 30th BUNKA-SHO (1996)(KORO-SHO) DOI, MASAHARU:
Born 1894 in Hyogo prefecture; aspresident of Bukkyo Gakujutsu
Sinko-kai (The Foundation of theAdvancement of Buddhist Ac­a­dem­ic
S t u d i e s ) h e c o n t r i bu t e d t o t h epublication of the index Trip­i­ta­ka.

(KORO-SHO) SASAKI, JOSHU:
Born 1907 in Miyagi prefecture;
moved to the United States. Over
many years, he transmitted Zen Bud­dhism to Americans and trained dis­ci­
ples. He is the founder of the Joshu
Zen Center and the Rinzai Tem­ple inAmer­i­ca.

(B) NISHIKIDO, SHINKAN: Born
1908 in Ibaraki prefecture; for overforty years, he devoted him-self tothe sculpturing of many statues of
Buddha as objects of worship.

(A) MIYASAKA, YUSHO: Born
1921 in Nagano prefecture; con­duct­
ed in-depth study of Bud­dhism, es­pe­cial­ly Esoteric Bud­dhism. Throughhis lectures and writings, he helped
many people to un­der­stand Bud­dhism.

The 27th BUNKA-SHO (1993)

The 31st BUNKA-SHO (1997)(A) YANAGIDA, SEIZAN: Born 1922
in Shiga prefecture; au­thor­i­ty in thestudies of the his­to­ry of early Zen sectin China, he trans­lat­ed and introduced
many analects of Zen masters.

(A) MIZUNO, YAOKO: Born 1921
in Tokyo; rendered dis­tin­g uisheds e r v ic e by p r e p a r i ng d e t a i le dannotations on the very difficult
writings of Zen Master Dogen andt r a n s ­la t ­i n g t h e m i n t o m o d e r nJapanese.

7

(KORO-SHO) NISHI, GIYU: Born
1897 in Hyogo prefecture; pro­fes­sor
at Toyo University and auth-ority on
the difficult Ab­hid­har­ma doc­trines.

(KORO-SHO)MICHIHATA, RYOSHU: Born 1903
in Hokkaido; leading authority in the study of the his­to­r y ofChinese Buddhism who also ap-­plied
himself to friendship and ex­change
between Japan and Chi­na.

(KORO-SHO)
HIKATA, RYUSHO: Born 1892 in
Fukui prefecture; de­vot­ed himself toresearch of Jataka literature and theedition and re­vi­sion of the Sanskrit
text of the Suvikran‑tavikramipariprccha.

(KORO-SHO) SOBUE, SHONEN:
Born 1908 i n G i f u p r e f e c t u r e ;applying himself for many years to atra­di­tion­al form of preaching, he wasactive in its preservation and the
popular propagation of Bud­dhism.

(KORO-SHO) ITO, SADAO: Born
1906 in Aichi prefecture; organ‑
ist and composer of Buddhist music
who dedicated himself to the prop­a­ga­tion of Buddhism through music.

(KORO-SHO)
DHARMASAKTI, SANYA: Born
1907 in Bangkok, Thailand; now
serves as the pres­id­ ent of the World
Fel­low­s hip of Buddhists and hascon­tribut­e d to the spreading of
Buddhism on an international scale.

The 21st BUNKA-SHO (1987)

The 23rd BUNKA-SHO (1989)

The 25th BUNKA-SHO (1991)(B) OSUGA, HATSUZO: Born 1923
in Nagano prefecture; recog‑
nized for his business management
based on the spirit of Buddhism andhis es­tab­lish­ment of Ibaraki Hu­man
Center.

(C) MATSUBARA, TAIDO: Born
1907 in Tokyo; pushed forward the
propagation of supradenominational /sectarian Buddhism to the gen­e r­a lpublic, as the leader of NAMU-NOKAI.

(B) SAKAMURA, SHINMIN: Born
1909 in Kumamoto prefecture; wrote
poems which show the es­s ence of
Buddhism in daily life, and thus
provided spiritual sup­port to people.

(KORO-SHO)KATAYAMA, NIKKAN:
Born 1899 in Hyogo prefecture;applied himself to the restoration of
Omosu Honmon-ji Temple and the
spread of the Dharma Pro­tec­tion
Movement of Nichiren school.

(KORO-SHO)
KOBAYASHI, YOSOJI: Born 1913 inToyama prefecture; contributed to thenurturing of re­li­gious faith through thec ont i nu a t ion of t h e t elev ision
programming on the Nihon Television
Network “Hour of Religion.”(KORO-SHO)NISHIMURA, SHICHIBEI:
Born 1907 in Kyoto prefecture;
inherited a family business devoted
to the pub­li­ca­tion of Buddhist books
and brought out many fine works.

(KORO-SHO) HONDA, GENSHO: Born
1915 in Hyogo prefecture; fore­most
authority of Tendai chant­ing, strived
for its trans­mis­sion and nurturing of
its suc­ces­sors.

The 22nd BUNKA-SHO (1988)

The 24th BUNKA-SHO (1990)(B) MORIYA, TADASHI: Born 1912
in Gifu prefecture; utilizing the tech­niques of traditional Japanesepainting, he devoted his energies tothe production of numerous out­
stand­ing Buddhism paintings andtemple adornments.

(C) YONEZAWA, HIDEO: Born 1909
in Fukui prefecture; devoted himself
to writing Buddhist lit­e r­a ­ture anddelivering lectures while pur­su­ing
his profession as a M.D.

(B) MAEDA, JOSAKU: Born 1926
in Toya­m a pre­fec­ture; opened up a
new field of Buddhist Art, throughthe depiction of the spirit and realm of
Mandara.

(A) LEGGETT, TREVOR: Born 1914
in London, U.K.; undertook the
study, translation and popular dis­sem­i­na­tion in Great Britain of Japanese cul­
ture and Zen philosophy.

(A) KATSUMATA, SHUNKYO: Born
1909 in Niigata prefecture; au­thor­it­y
on Yogacara thought and Es­o­ter­ic
Buddhism who was ac­tive as head of
Buzan sect of the Sin­gon school inboth research and the prop­a­ga­tion of
Buddhism.

(A) INADA, KENNETH K: Born
1923 in Hawaii, U.S.A.; professor of
Buddhist Philosophy at the State
University of New York at Buf-falo,
and has devoted himself to the publi
cation of books on Bud-dhist
philosophy and the internationalization of Bud­dhism.

6(C) KO, SHIMEI: Born 1932 in
Yamaguchi pre­f ec­t ure; nov­e l­i st.
Through novels based on the teach­ing of St. Shinran, he gave many
young people the hope to live.

The 28th BUNKA-SHO (1994)(A) MAKITA, TAIRYO: Born 1912 in
Shiga prefecture; attained ex­cel­lent
academic results in the study ofmodern Buddhist history in Chi­n aand in the study of sutras whose
origins are not certain.

(A) TAKEUCHI, YOSHINORI: Born
1913 in Mie prefecture; devot‑ edhimself to research on the re­li­gious
p h i l o s o p hy o f S h i n r a n ’s
thought, and introduced Buddhist
thought to the West.

(B) ENOMOTO, EIICHI: Born 1903
in Hyogo prefecture; wrote po­e ms
which are simple and clear
convey, the essence of Buddhism for
30 years after the age of 60.

The 29th BUNKA-SHO (1995)(B) IIDA, RIGYO: Born 1911 in
Gunma prefecture; great au­thor­i­ty on
phonology, he introduced worldwide
the achievements of Ryokan, Soseki,
Shiki, and Yaritu Sozai.

(KORO -SHO) SATO, MITSUO:
Born 1901 in Toyama prefecture;clar­i­f ied various aspects of theSangha of Early Buddhism through thestudy of Buddhist precepts.

(KORO-SHO) SAKAI, YUSAI: Born
1926 in Osaka; twice com­p let­e dKaiho-gyo (rigorous 1,000 day
religious marathon) on Mt. Hiei andmade a deep im­p res­s ion on many
people.

The 26th BUNKA-SHO (1992)

The 30th BUNKA-SHO (1996)(KORO-SHO) DOI, MASAHARU:
Born 1894 in Hyogo prefecture; aspresident of Bukkyo Gakujutsu
Sinko-kai (The Foundation of theAdvancement of Buddhist Ac­a­dem­ic
S t u d i e s ) h e c o n t r i bu t e d t o t h epublication of the index Trip­i­ta­ka.

(KORO-SHO) SASAKI, JOSHU:
Born 1907 in Miyagi prefecture;
moved to the United States. Over
many years, he transmitted Zen Bud­dhism to Americans and trained dis­ci­
ples. He is the founder of the Joshu
Zen Center and the Rinzai Tem­ple inAmer­i­ca.

(B) NISHIKIDO, SHINKAN: Born
1908 in Ibaraki prefecture; for overforty years, he devoted him-self tothe sculpturing of many statues of
Buddha as objects of worship.

(A) MIYASAKA, YUSHO: Born
1921 in Nagano prefecture; con­duct­
ed in-depth study of Bud­dhism, es­pe­cial­ly Esoteric Bud­dhism. Throughhis lectures and writings, he helped
many people to un­der­stand Bud­dhism.

The 27th BUNKA-SHO (1993)

The 31st BUNKA-SHO (1997)(A) YANAGIDA, SEIZAN: Born 1922
in Shiga prefecture; au­thor­i­ty in thestudies of the his­to­ry of early Zen sectin China, he trans­lat­ed and introduced
many analects of Zen masters.

(A) MIZUNO, YAOKO: Born 1921
in Tokyo; rendered dis­tin­g uisheds e r v ic e by p r e p a r i ng d e t a i le dannotations on the very difficult
writings of Zen Master Dogen andt r a n s ­la t ­i n g t h e m i n t o m o d e r nJapanese.

7The 32nd BUNKA-SHO (1998)(B) SNYDER, GARY: Born 1930
in San Francisco, U.S.A.; for thegreat achievement of conveying to
the peo­ple in the West the es­senceof Zen and Nature poeticized in
his poems.

(C) INOUE, SHINICHI: Born1918
in Kumamoto prefecture; fordistinguished service putting
Buddhism into prac­tice as a lay
Buddhist and also as economist.

(KORO-SHO) SATO, HIDEO: Born
1907 i n H i r o s h i m a prefecture;seeking to transmit Mahayana
Buddhist teachings, he propagatedthe essence of Buddhism to many
people.

(KORO-SHO) MAYEDA, EGAKU:
Born 1926 in Nagoya; contri­buted tothe development of philolog-ical andhistorical studies in Early Buddhism,and developed the inter-disciplinary
studies of Buddhist culture in Pali.

The 37th BUNKA-SHO (2003)

The 40th BUNKA-SHO (2006)(A) UEDA, SHIZUTERU: Born 1926 inTokyo; Studied Buddhist thought witha background of German mysticism,
religion, philosophy, etc. Promoted
cultural exchange between the Eastand the West.

The 33rd BUNKA-SHO (1999)(A) NARA, YASUAKI: Born 1929 in
Chiba prefecture; contributed to theadvancement of research on thehistory of Indian religious culture.

(A) UNNO, TAITETSU: Born 1929 in
Kitakyushu; widely recognized for
his research on Pure Land thoughtfrom the standpoint of Comparative
Religion, and his nurturing of young
Buddhist scho-lars overseas.

(KORO-SHO) INAGAKI, HISAO:
Born 1929 in Kobe; recognized for
his English translations of Buddhist
sutras and the creation of “A
Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist
Terms.”(KORO-SHO)
AOYAMA, SHUNDO: Born 1933 in
Aichi prefecture; nun who has
provided leadership to other nuns
and opportunity for many women toencounter the Buddha Dharma
through writings and talks.

The 44th BUNKA-SHO (2010)(A) KUSUNOKI, KYO: Born 1915
in Toyama prefecture; clarified themean­ing of “myokonin” and its
relative im­por­tance. In daily life, hedemonstrated living Bud­dhism.

(B) YOKOMICHI, MARIO: Born
1916 in Tokyo; world renown
researcher of Buddhist music. Madeoutstanding contribution ofsystematically combining Buddhist
music with religious services which
led to appreciation of Bud-dhist
music.

(C) BLOOM, ALFRED: Born 1926 in
Philadelphia, U.S.A.; with
Shinranism as the core teaching, he acted
as intermediary between the East andthe West.

(KORO-SHO)YOSHIDA, KYUICHI:
Born 1915 in Niigata prefecture;
distinguished himself by research inmodern Buddhist history after the
Meiji Period, and lecturing on
impact of role and history of
Buddhism on social welfare.

The 34th BUNKA-SHO (2000)

The 38th BUNKA-SHO (2004)(KORO-SHO) ABE, MASAO: Born
1915 in Osaka; for decades, well
published author of many Buddhist
texts in English. Highly respectedleader of Buddhist-Christiandialogue in Europe and U.S.A..

(C) SHIMANO, EIDO: Born 1932 in
Tokyo; establishing the Dai Bosatsu
Zendo in New York, he taught andspread Zen teaching among
Americans.

(C) HAYASHI, GYOU: Born 1923 in
Hokkaido; through his example
of following the spirit of traditional
Buddhist practice of receiving alms,
he has guided many people to a
Dharma-based lifestyle.

The 35th BUNKA-SHO (2001)

The 39th BUNKA-SHO (2005)

The 42nd BUNKA-SHO(2008)(A) KUMOI, SHOZEN: Born 1915
in Osaka prefecture; specializing inearly Buddhist texts, he pub-lished aP a l i B u d d h i s t d i c t i o n - a r y.
Contributed greatly to research doneby subsequent generations.

The 43rd BUNKA-SHO (2009)(A) SAKUMA, KENICHI: Born 1921 in
Kyoto prefecture; painted renown“Gassho-Doji”(Children Praying in
Gassho) Series sharing the messageof the Buddha’s compassion.

The 41st BUNKA-SHO (2007)(KORO-SHO) ASUKA, KANRITSU:
Born 1915 in Toyama prefecture; hasdevoted his life to the researchand promoting of Buddhist music.

(B) ERI, KOUKEI & SAYOKO: Koukei(born 1943 in Kyoto) creates Buddhist
statues and Sayoko (born 1945 in
Kyoto prefecture) gilds them withgold leaf. Creating many pieces
togerher, they have contributed
greatly toward the advancement of
Buddhist arts.

The 45th BUNKA-SHO(2011)(A) SHIGARAKI, TAKAMARO:
Born 1926 in Hiroshima; Spent his
career studying Pure Land Buddhism
and clarified a contemporary meaning of Buddhism through looking
into Shinran’s thought from a modern
perspective.

(B) ITSUKI, HIROYUKI: Born 1932
in Fukuoka prefecture;using his writings, television andlectures, he attracted many people to
Buddhism.

(C) TAKESHITA, SATORU: Born 1923
in Nagasaki p r e f e c t u r e ; as TV
personality, lecturer, and writer ofbooks and magazine articles, hepropagated Buddhism widely, using
simple language.

(A) SCHMITHAUSEN, LAMBERT:
Born 1939 in Cologne, Germany;familiar with various languages,
he had many academic accomplishments regarding Alaya-vijbana
and on the relationship between
Buddhism and nature.

The 36th BUNKA-SHO (2002)(C) NODA, FUSETSU: Born 1921 in
Aichi prefecture; engaged in issues ofyoung people for many years. Afterretiring, he began teaching Buddhism
to the common people in easily
understood words.

(A) TAMURA, ENCHO: Born 1917 in
Nara prefecture; internationallyrecognized through his research andwritings on development of Pure
Land thought, the biography of
Honen Shonin and the history of
Buddhism between Japan and Korea.

8( C ) A R I YA R AT N E , T U D O R
AHANGAMAGE: Born 1931 in Calle
Distr ict, Sr i Lan ka; Foundeda nd developed the worldwide
Sarvodaya movement whose activities are based on Buddhist philosophy
for the cultivation and advancementof agrarian communities.

(A) RUCH, BARBARA: Born 1932
in Philadelphia, U.S.A.; initiatedand now directs efforts for the unprecedented excavation, investigation, and research on the cultureof Japanese Imperial Convents.

Commencing with nominations for the 46th BUKKYODENDO BUNKA-SHO, we have reorganized the basic
award qualifications and removed the three categories forthe cultural award. The new basic purpose of this award
has been redefined to recognize individuals or organizations which have made significant contributions over an
extended period of time in the promotion of the Buddhist
spirit, culture and research.

(C) NODA, DAITO: Born 1946 in
Kagawa prefecture; establisheda training hall for truant youths
and endeavod for their rehabilitation through Buddhism.

Additionally, BDK has initiated a new award to becalled the Numata Innovation & Visionary Award which
will be presented to an up and coming Buddhist leader,cleric or visionary who has shown innovation and promise in the promotion of the spirit of Buddhism.

9The 32nd BUNKA-SHO (1998)(B) SNYDER, GARY: Born 1930
in San Francisco, U.S.A.; for thegreat achievement of conveying to
the peo­ple in the West the es­senceof Zen and Nature poeticized in
his poems.

(C) INOUE, SHINICHI: Born1918
in Kumamoto prefecture; fordistinguished service putting
Buddhism into prac­tice as a lay
Buddhist and also as economist.

(KORO-SHO) SATO, HIDEO: Born
1907 i n H i r o s h i m a prefecture;seeking to transmit Mahayana
Buddhist teachings, he propagatedthe essence of Buddhism to many
people.

(KORO-SHO) MAYEDA, EGAKU:
Born 1926 in Nagoya; contri­buted tothe development of philolog-ical andhistorical studies in Early Buddhism,and developed the inter-disciplinary
studies of Buddhist culture in Pali.

The 37th BUNKA-SHO (2003)

The 40th BUNKA-SHO (2006)(A) UEDA, SHIZUTERU: Born 1926 inTokyo; Studied Buddhist thought witha background of German mysticism,
religion, philosophy, etc. Promoted
cultural exchange between the Eastand the West.

The 33rd BUNKA-SHO (1999)(A) NARA, YASUAKI: Born 1929 in
Chiba prefecture; contributed to theadvancement of research on thehistory of Indian religious culture.

(A) UNNO, TAITETSU: Born 1929 in
Kitakyushu; widely recognized for
his research on Pure Land thoughtfrom the standpoint of Comparative
Religion, and his nurturing of young
Buddhist scho-lars overseas.

(KORO-SHO) INAGAKI, HISAO:
Born 1929 in Kobe; recognized for
his English translations of Buddhist
sutras and the creation of “A
Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist
Terms.”(KORO-SHO)
AOYAMA, SHUNDO: Born 1933 in
Aichi prefecture; nun who has
provided leadership to other nuns
and opportunity for many women toencounter the Buddha Dharma
through writings and talks.

The 44th BUNKA-SHO (2010)(A) KUSUNOKI, KYO: Born 1915
in Toyama prefecture; clarified themean­ing of “myokonin” and its
relative im­por­tance. In daily life, hedemonstrated living Bud­dhism.

(B) YOKOMICHI, MARIO: Born
1916 in Tokyo; world renown
researcher of Buddhist music. Madeoutstanding contribution ofsystematically combining Buddhist
music with religious services which
led to appreciation of Bud-dhist
music.

(C) BLOOM, ALFRED: Born 1926 in
Philadelphia, U.S.A.; with
Shinranism as the core teaching, he acted
as intermediary between the East andthe West.

(KORO-SHO)YOSHIDA, KYUICHI:
Born 1915 in Niigata prefecture;
distinguished himself by research inmodern Buddhist history after the
Meiji Period, and lecturing on
impact of role and history of
Buddhism on social welfare.

The 34th BUNKA-SHO (2000)

The 38th BUNKA-SHO (2004)(KORO-SHO) ABE, MASAO: Born
1915 in Osaka; for decades, well
published author of many Buddhist
texts in English. Highly respectedleader of Buddhist-Christiandialogue in Europe and U.S.A..

(C) SHIMANO, EIDO: Born 1932 in
Tokyo; establishing the Dai Bosatsu
Zendo in New York, he taught andspread Zen teaching among
Americans.

(C) HAYASHI, GYOU: Born 1923 in
Hokkaido; through his example
of following the spirit of traditional
Buddhist practice of receiving alms,
he has guided many people to a
Dharma-based lifestyle.

The 35th BUNKA-SHO (2001)

The 39th BUNKA-SHO (2005)

The 42nd BUNKA-SHO(2008)(A) KUMOI, SHOZEN: Born 1915
in Osaka prefecture; specializing inearly Buddhist texts, he pub-lished aP a l i B u d d h i s t d i c t i o n - a r y.
Contributed greatly to research doneby subsequent generations.

The 43rd BUNKA-SHO (2009)(A) SAKUMA, KENICHI: Born 1921 in
Kyoto prefecture; painted renown“Gassho-Doji”(Children Praying in
Gassho) Series sharing the messageof the Buddha’s compassion.

The 41st BUNKA-SHO (2007)(KORO-SHO) ASUKA, KANRITSU:
Born 1915 in Toyama prefecture; hasdevoted his life to the researchand promoting of Buddhist music.

(B) ERI, KOUKEI & SAYOKO: Koukei(born 1943 in Kyoto) creates Buddhist
statues and Sayoko (born 1945 in
Kyoto prefecture) gilds them withgold leaf. Creating many pieces
togerher, they have contributed
greatly toward the advancement of
Buddhist arts.

The 45th BUNKA-SHO(2011)(A) SHIGARAKI, TAKAMARO:
Born 1926 in Hiroshima; Spent his
career studying Pure Land Buddhism
and clarified a contemporary meaning of Buddhism through looking
into Shinran’s thought from a modern
perspective.

(B) ITSUKI, HIROYUKI: Born 1932
in Fukuoka prefecture;using his writings, television andlectures, he attracted many people to
Buddhism.

(C) TAKESHITA, SATORU: Born 1923
in Nagasaki p r e f e c t u r e ; as TV
personality, lecturer, and writer ofbooks and magazine articles, hepropagated Buddhism widely, using
simple language.

(A) SCHMITHAUSEN, LAMBERT:
Born 1939 in Cologne, Germany;familiar with various languages,
he had many academic accomplishments regarding Alaya-vijbana
and on the relationship between
Buddhism and nature.

The 36th BUNKA-SHO (2002)(C) NODA, FUSETSU: Born 1921 in
Aichi prefecture; engaged in issues ofyoung people for many years. Afterretiring, he began teaching Buddhism
to the common people in easily
understood words.

(A) TAMURA, ENCHO: Born 1917 in
Nara prefecture; internationallyrecognized through his research andwritings on development of Pure
Land thought, the biography of
Honen Shonin and the history of
Buddhism between Japan and Korea.

8( C ) A R I YA R AT N E , T U D O R
AHANGAMAGE: Born 1931 in Calle
Distr ict, Sr i Lan ka; Foundeda nd developed the worldwide
Sarvodaya movement whose activities are based on Buddhist philosophy
for the cultivation and advancementof agrarian communities.

(A) RUCH, BARBARA: Born 1932
in Philadelphia, U.S.A.; initiatedand now directs efforts for the unprecedented excavation, investigation, and research on the cultureof Japanese Imperial Convents.

Commencing with nominations for the 46th BUKKYODENDO BUNKA-SHO, we have reorganized the basic
award qualifications and removed the three categories forthe cultural award. The new basic purpose of this award
has been redefined to recognize individuals or organizations which have made significant contributions over an
extended period of time in the promotion of the Buddhist
spirit, culture and research.

(C) NODA, DAITO: Born 1946 in
Kagawa prefecture; establisheda training hall for truant youths
and endeavod for their rehabilitation through Buddhism.

Additionally, BDK has initiated a new award to becalled the Numata Innovation & Visionary Award which
will be presented to an up and coming Buddhist leader,cleric or visionary who has shown innovation and promise in the promotion of the spirit of Buddhism.

9The 46th BUNKA-SHO(2012)( BU N K A- SHO) N ISH I R A I,
TAKEHARU: Born 1924 in Sapporo;
A pioneer in establishing a Buddhist
telephone counseling service andtaking an active role in commenting
on Japanese medical issues from a
Buddhist perspective.

(SHOREI-SHO) BIHARA MEDICALGROUP:Developed the relationship between medical care andBuddhism. Organized workshops
and promoted Buddhist teachings forterminal care.

( SHOR EI- SHO ) SH I R ATAT E ,K A I U N: Bor n 1942 in Tibet;
Introduced Tibetan Buddhism andits culture to Japan, and has endeavored to promote academic exchanges
between India and China with Japan.

( BU N K A- SHO) ISH IGA M I,ZENNO: Born 1929 in Hokkaido;Anauthority on the research about
Indian narratives and Jodo sutras.
Achievement of spreading knowledgeof Buddhist culture around the world
through broadcasts, lectures, andwritings for decades.

(SHOREI-SHO) GENYU, SOKYU:
Born 1956 in Fukushima prefecture;
An Akutagawa prize-winning authorof Buddhist related works and has
devoted his efforts to assisting in therebuilding after the Great EasternJapan Earthquake and Tsunami.

(SHOREI-SHO) MATSUSHITA,ISAO: Born 1951 in Tokyo; A pioneerof modern music that fuses oriental
compositions, Japanese traditional
performing arts and chanting of
Buddhist hymns.

The 47th BUNKA-SHO(2013)

The 51st BUNKA-SHO(2017)( SHOR EI- SHO) NAGA KU R A,
NORIHIRO: Born 1953 in Kagoshima
prefecture; Enlarging the scope of“Vihara” activities, based on theteaching of the Buddha, throughdi rect dia logue with ter m ina lpatients in the hospital.

(SHOREI-SHO) SHAKU, TESSHU;
Born 1961 in Osaka prefecture;
Recognized for his non-sectarian andwelfare Buddhist promotional activities
and introduction of Buddhist teachings
through media such as television andradio.

The 48th BUNKA-SHO(2014)

The 52nd BUNKA-SHO(2018)(SHOREI-SHO) DUCOR,JEROME:
Born 1954 in Geneva, Switzerland;
Belongs to the Swiss Shingyo-ji Templeof the Shin Buddhist tradition. Promotes
Buddhism in Europe through thetranslation and dissemi-nation of Buddhist
texts in French.

(SHOREI-SHO) MIURA, JYUN:
Born 1958 in Kyoto;Driving force
behind the boom of Buddhist statues.
He created some Buddhist vogue
words and contributed to the transmission of the Buddhist spirit to theyounger generation.

The 49th BUNKA-SHO(2015)

The 53rd BUNKA-SHO(2019)

The 50th BUNKA-SHO(2016)( B U N K A - S H O ) TAYA M AHOONK A I: Contr ibuted to thedevelopment of social welfare andactivities and continues to leadthe Buddhist lecture series at theHiroshima Red Cross Hospital andthe Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital.

The 55th BUNKA-SHO(2021)(SHOREI-SHO) MORIMURA,
SHINHO : Born 1956 in Changchun, China. Researched Shinran’s
thoughts and translated the “Kyogyoshinsho” into Chinese for publication. Expected to further develop
Buddhist activities such as lectures
for the public.

( B U N K A - S H O ) O G AWA ,ICHIJO: Born 1936 in Hokkaido. He
has studied the fundamental ideas
of Indian Buddhism for many years,
and has devoted himself to preaching Buddhism. In addition, he actively
actively spoke on the issue of organtransplantation in the National Dietfrom the perspective of the spirit of
Buddhism.

The 54th BUNKA-SHO(2020)(BUNKA-SHO) MAYEDA,SENGAKU:
Born 1931 in Nagoya. Contributed
to the development of researchers’
resources and the Nakamura Hajime
Eastern Institute and the Japanese
Association of Indian and Buddhist
Studies, for which he served as president.

( S H O R E I - S H O ) TA K AO K A ,SHUCHO: Born 1943 in Nagoya.
He has accepted and supported
people from abroad at his temple
under the philosophy of "Torno ni
lkiru (Living Together)."Moreover,he has contributed to the protectionof cultural prope11ies pe11ies including sutras in Sanskrit and ritual
ceremonies.

( BU N K A- SHO ) ISH I M U R E ,MICHIKO:Born 1927 in Kumamoto;Published Japanese book “Suffering
Ocean of Pure Land” and introduced
the problem of civilizational Minamata
disease to the world in terms of Pure
Land Buddhism.

( B U N K A- S H O ) WATA NA BE ,HOYO: Born 1932 in Tokyo; Madea great contribution in the researchof the Heart Sutra and Nichiren
doctrine. Devoted to the educationand development of tomorrow’s citizens as president of Rissho University.

(BUNKA-SHO)NISHIMURA,
E SH I N : Bo r n 19 33 i n Sh iga
prefecture;Recognized for his contribution to the research and propagation of the Zen spirit and culture in
Japan and overseas for a long time inan easy-to-understand way.

( BU N K A- SHO ) K A NA M I TSU,TOSHIO:Born 1927 in Okayama.
Promoted Buddhism for many people as a director of NHK, Japan
Broadcasting Corp. and introduced
Buddhists from rural areas in Japan.

(BU NK A- SHO)F UJ I TA ,TETSUBUN:Born 1941 in Osaka.
Advocated the sociality of Buddhist
faith and published many books on
Buddhist promotion. Held Dharma
talk gatherings all over Japan andguided many people to the Buddhist
path.

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The 46th BUNKA-SHO(2012)( BU N K A- SHO) N ISH I R A I,
TAKEHARU: Born 1924 in Sapporo;
A pioneer in establishing a Buddhist
telephone counseling service andtaking an active role in commenting
on Japanese medical issues from a
Buddhist perspective.

(SHOREI-SHO) BIHARA MEDICALGROUP:Developed the relationship between medical care andBuddhism. Organized workshops
and promoted Buddhist teachings forterminal care.

( SHOR EI- SHO ) SH I R ATAT E ,K A I U N: Bor n 1942 in Tibet;
Introduced Tibetan Buddhism andits culture to Japan, and has endeavored to promote academic exchanges
between India and China with Japan.

( BU N K A- SHO) ISH IGA M I,ZENNO: Born 1929 in Hokkaido;Anauthority on the research about
Indian narratives and Jodo sutras.
Achievement of spreading knowledgeof Buddhist culture around the world
through broadcasts, lectures, andwritings for decades.

(SHOREI-SHO) GENYU, SOKYU:
Born 1956 in Fukushima prefecture;
An Akutagawa prize-winning authorof Buddhist related works and has
devoted his efforts to assisting in therebuilding after the Great EasternJapan Earthquake and Tsunami.

(SHOREI-SHO) MATSUSHITA,ISAO: Born 1951 in Tokyo; A pioneerof modern music that fuses oriental
compositions, Japanese traditional
performing arts and chanting of
Buddhist hymns.

The 47th BUNKA-SHO(2013)

The 51st BUNKA-SHO(2017)( SHOR EI- SHO) NAGA KU R A,
NORIHIRO: Born 1953 in Kagoshima
prefecture; Enlarging the scope of“Vihara” activities, based on theteaching of the Buddha, throughdi rect dia logue with ter m ina lpatients in the hospital.

(SHOREI-SHO) SHAKU, TESSHU;
Born 1961 in Osaka prefecture;
Recognized for his non-sectarian andwelfare Buddhist promotional activities
and introduction of Buddhist teachings
through media such as television andradio.

The 48th BUNKA-SHO(2014)

The 52nd BUNKA-SHO(2018)(SHOREI-SHO) DUCOR,JEROME:
Born 1954 in Geneva, Switzerland;
Belongs to the Swiss Shingyo-ji Templeof the Shin Buddhist tradition. Promotes
Buddhism in Europe through thetranslation and dissemi-nation of Buddhist
texts in French.

(SHOREI-SHO) MIURA, JYUN:
Born 1958 in Kyoto;Driving force
behind the boom of Buddhist statues.
He created some Buddhist vogue
words and contributed to the transmission of the Buddhist spirit to theyounger generation.

The 49th BUNKA-SHO(2015)

The 53rd BUNKA-SHO(2019)

The 50th BUNKA-SHO(2016)( B U N K A - S H O ) TAYA M AHOONK A I: Contr ibuted to thedevelopment of social welfare andactivities and continues to leadthe Buddhist lecture series at theHiroshima Red Cross Hospital andthe Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital.

The 55th BUNKA-SHO(2021)(SHOREI-SHO) MORIMURA,
SHINHO : Born 1956 in Changchun, China. Researched Shinran’s
thoughts and translated the “Kyogyoshinsho” into Chinese for publication. Expected to further develop
Buddhist activities such as lectures
for the public.

( B U N K A - S H O ) O G AWA ,ICHIJO: Born 1936 in Hokkaido. He
has studied the fundamental ideas
of Indian Buddhism for many years,
and has devoted himself to preaching Buddhism. In addition, he actively
actively spoke on the issue of organtransplantation in the National Dietfrom the perspective of the spirit of
Buddhism.

The 54th BUNKA-SHO(2020)(BUNKA-SHO) MAYEDA,SENGAKU:
Born 1931 in Nagoya. Contributed
to the development of researchers’
resources and the Nakamura Hajime
Eastern Institute and the Japanese
Association of Indian and Buddhist
Studies, for which he served as president.

( S H O R E I - S H O ) TA K AO K A ,SHUCHO: Born 1943 in Nagoya.
He has accepted and supported
people from abroad at his temple
under the philosophy of "Torno ni
lkiru (Living Together)."Moreover,he has contributed to the protectionof cultural prope11ies pe11ies including sutras in Sanskrit and ritual
ceremonies.

( BU N K A- SHO ) ISH I M U R E ,MICHIKO:Born 1927 in Kumamoto;Published Japanese book “Suffering
Ocean of Pure Land” and introduced
the problem of civilizational Minamata
disease to the world in terms of Pure
Land Buddhism.

( B U N K A- S H O ) WATA NA BE ,HOYO: Born 1932 in Tokyo; Madea great contribution in the researchof the Heart Sutra and Nichiren
doctrine. Devoted to the educationand development of tomorrow’s citizens as president of Rissho University.

(BUNKA-SHO)NISHIMURA,
E SH I N : Bo r n 19 33 i n Sh iga
prefecture;Recognized for his contribution to the research and propagation of the Zen spirit and culture in
Japan and overseas for a long time inan easy-to-understand way.

( BU N K A- SHO ) K A NA M I TSU,TOSHIO:Born 1927 in Okayama.
Promoted Buddhism for many people as a director of NHK, Japan
Broadcasting Corp. and introduced
Buddhists from rural areas in Japan.

(BU NK A- SHO)F UJ I TA ,TETSUBUN:Born 1941 in Osaka.
Advocated the sociality of Buddhist
faith and published many books on
Buddhist promotion. Held Dharma
talk gatherings all over Japan andguided many people to the Buddhist
path.

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Introduction of Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai
Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (Society for the Promotion of Buddhism, hereafter BDK) was established as an incorporated foundation in December, 1965 by the late Rev. Dr. Yehan Numata (1897-1994), the founder of Mitutoyo
Corporation, and his Dharma friends. With revisions to the legal classifications for organizations approved by
the Japanese government in 2008, BDK was reclassified and is now recognized as a Public Interest Incorporated
Foundation by the Japanese government as of April 1, 2013.
BDK’s mission is to contribute the advancement and improvement of human welfare and world peace by promoting the Buddhist essences of compassion, interconnectedness, culture and research that are the foundationof Japanese culture. BDK desires to provide a modern interpretation of the Buddha’s teaching and to create amore compassionate humanity through its global educational programs, and working towards contributing to theadvancement of modern society. In order to achieve these purposes, BDK is actively involved in the following:
1) Creating and compiling a contemporary understanding of the Buddha’s teachings and providing foreign-lan		 guage translations of various Buddhist texts and their dissemination.
2) Providing financial assistance and organizing a commendation award program to recognize outstanding indi		 viduals involved in promoting the Buddhist spirit, culture and studies.
3) Support education programs which advance the Buddhist spirit and culture and its study.
4) Provide physical facilities to conduct programs for the advancement of Buddhist culture.
5) Other projects as needed and developed to support the mission of this organization.
Along with the above projects, BDK develops and supports various activities both domestically and internationally such as: a) Translation, publication and world-wide distribution of The Teaching of Buddha book, b)
Translation and publication of an English edition of the Chinese Tripitaka (Chinese version of the Buddhist
Canon), c) sponsoring a BDK Buddhist Missionary Seminar and other Buddhist-related lectures and seminars,d) Academic Post-Doctorate Fellowship program, e) Financial assistance for organizations which advancethe essence of the Buddhist spirit and cultural projects, and f) Modernization of Buddhist music and its
popularization.

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