INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGITALHUMANITIES

During the midst of the tumultuous Meiji era, the time that Japan began to come to grips with modernity, the field of Buddhist Studies in Japan acted resolutely to take the initiative. Thus, Japan became the only traditional Buddhist country to take the lead in energizing and guiding the development of Buddhist studies around the world. Since then, based on the unstinting efforts of these early pioneers, Japanese scholars of Buddhism have continued to provide valuable leadership and support to this field, and therefore it became one of a small number of disciplines where it can be said that the Japanese tradition clearly stands out from an international perspective. The historical undercurrent that has brought the field to this point is deeply connected with the seminal project of the compilation of the Taishō Daizōkyō, one of several major projects that became foundational for the current field of Buddhist Studies... On the other hand, the situation in the humanities field throughout..