Background
Egaku, Mayeda was born on November 29, 1926 in Nagoya, Japan.
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Mayeda Egaku
Edit ProfileBuddhist and religious studies educator
Mayeda Egaku, Buddhist and religious studies educator. Recipient prize Japanese Association for Indian and Buddhist Studies, 1959,Anesaki prize Japanese Association for Religious Studies, 1964, Academy grant Asahi Press, Japan, 1983, Cultural prize Chunichi Press, Japan, 1989. Member Society for Study of Pali and Buddhist Culture (Aichi Gakuin U. president since 1977).
Education
Bachelor, U. Tokyo, 1951; Doctor of Letters, U. Tokyo, 1962; Sasanasobhana Dhammappiya (honorary), Ramanna Nikaya, Sri Lanka, 1989.
Career
Lecturer, Doho U., Nagoya, 1954-1956;
research assistant, U. Tokyo, 1956-1961;
visiting lecturer, U. Nagoya, 1960-1988;
professor, Tokai Gakuen Women's College, 1964-1969;
professor, Meijo U., 1969-1972;
professor, head Graduate School Letters, Aichi (Japan) Gakuin U., since 1972. Visiting professor U. Toronto, Canada, 1966. Visiting lecturer U. Tokyo, 1978, 85.
Member Science Council, Japan, Tokyo, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Member Society for Study of Pali and Buddhist Culture (Aichi Gakuin U. president since 1977).
Connections
Son of Mayeda Saiyen and Mayeda (Hijikata) Suzuko: m. Mayeda (Kawakami) Ryu, April 24, 1956.
Awards
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Recipient prize Japanese Association for Indian and Buddhist Studies, 1959,Anesaki prize Japanese Association for Religious Studies, 1964, Academy grant Asahi Press, Japan, 1983, Cultural prize Chunichi Press, Japan, 1989.Recipient prize Japanese Association for Indian and Buddhist Studies, 1959,Anesaki prize Japanese Association for Religious Studies, 1964, Academy grant Asahi Press, Japan, 1983, Cultural prize Chunichi Press, Japan, 1989.