Background
The son of a Buddhist priest, he studied philosophy at Kyoto University where his mentor Keiji Nishitani oriented his studies toward medieval mystics.
上田 閑照
The son of a Buddhist priest, he studied philosophy at Kyoto University where his mentor Keiji Nishitani oriented his studies toward medieval mystics.
He then went to Germany where he received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Marburg with a thesis on the Western Christian mystic, Meister Eckhart.
He returned to Kyoto University to teach philosophy of religion. Later he specialized in the thought of Kitaro Nishida.
Japan Academy.