Background
Hara, Minoru was born on September 9, 1930 in Tokyo. Son of Kunimichi and Teruko (Sugiura) Hara.
Hara, Minoru was born on September 9, 1930 in Tokyo. Son of Kunimichi and Teruko (Sugiura) Hara.
Bachelor, University Tokyo, 1953. Doctor of Letters, University Tokyo, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1967.
Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1978.
Lecturer Sanskrit,, U. Tokyo, l960-64;
associate professor, U. Tokyo, l964-75;
professor, U. Tokyo, 1975-1991;
professor emeritus, U. Tokyo, since 1991;
president, International College Advanced Buddhist Studies, Tokyo, since 1996. Overseas fellow St. John's College, Cambridge U., l978-79. Guest lectr.Scandinavian Institute Asian Studies, Copenhagen, l985-86.
Spalding fellow Oxford (England) University, l986-87. Guest professor of University Vienna (Austria), l987-88, U. Hamburg (Federal Republic Germany), l989-90.
Member International Association Sanskirt Studies (vice president 1978), Royal Swedish Academy Letters, History and Antiquitios (foreign), Indologica Taurinesia (science committee), Toyo Bunko, Japan Academy.
Married Kineko Uyeda, May 30, l963. Children: Nobuko, Hiroshi, Kiyoshi.