Taisho University


Taisho University is a private university in Nishi-sugamo, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. The university was founded in the last year of the Taishō period by merging the three Buddhist colleges.
The three were:
  • the Tendai-shū College,
  • the Buzan College, and
  • the Religious College.
Its school precepts are based on the Tendai school of Buddhism. The concept for the university began when five doctors—Junjiro Takakusu, Masaharu Anesaki, Eun Maeda, Senshō Murakami and Masataro Sawayanagi—who were leaders of Buddhist society in Japan, proposed creating a Buddhist university union.

Undergraduate school

The undergraduate school consists of the Faculty of Regional Development, Faculty of Psychology and Sociology, Faculty of Human Studies, Faculty of Literature, Faculty of Communication and Culture, and Faculty of Buddhist Studies.In addition, the Faculty of Information Science, which was established in 2026, has many popular academic fields, making it a prestigious Buddhist university. The Faculty of Regional Creation is also popular.

Graduate school

The graduate school offers Advanced Buddhist Studies, Advanced Human Studies, and Advanced Literary Studies.

Other programs

It has a one-year program in which up to 40 overseas students are admitted each year to a special course. This prepares them for enrollment in undergraduate or graduate programs at Japanese universities.

Locations

Partner organizations

Notable alumni

Access

The closest train stations to the Sugamo Campus are: