Shizuteru Ueda

Shizuteru Ueda
Born(1926-01-17)January 17, 1926
Tokyo, Japan
DiedJune 28, 2019(2019-06-28) (aged 93)
Nationality Japanese
Alma materUniversity of Marburg
Kyoto University
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionJapanese philosophy
SchoolKyoto School
InstitutionsKyoto University
Main interests
Buddhism, Zen, philosophy of religion

Shizuteru Ueda (上田 閑照, Ueda Shizuteru, January 17, 1926[1] − June 28, 2019) was a Japanese philosopher specialized in philosophy of religion, especially in philosophy of Buddhism and Zen. He was a professor at Kyoto University and considered a third generation member of Kyoto School (京都学派, Kyoto-gakuha).[2]

  1. ^ Fritz Buri (1997). The Buddha-Christ as the Lord of the true self: the religious philosophy of the Kyoto school and Christianity. Mercer University Press. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-86554-536-6.
  2. ^ "上田閑照氏が死去 京都大名誉教授" (in Japanese). nikkei. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2020.