Komazawa University

Komazawa University

駒澤大學
Motto	Truth, Sincerity, Respect, and Love (信誠敬愛)
Type	Private
Established	1592
President	HIROSE, Ryoko
Administrative staff	600
Undergraduates	16,000
Postgraduates	250
Location	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Campus	Urban
Member of	Setagaya 6 Universities consortium
Colors	bluish-purple
Website	www.komazawa-u.ac.jp

Komazawa University (駒澤大學, Komazawa Daigaku) abbreviated as 駒大 Komadai is one of the oldest universities in Japan. Its history starts in 1592, when a seminary was established to be a center of learning for the young monks of the Sōtō sect, one of the two main Zen Buddhist traditions in Japan.

The university in Tokyo campus comprises eight faculties and 22 departments with a total of around 16,000 students. Also for students who wish to pursue advanced studies, each department has a graduate school except the Department of Radiological Sciences. It also has seven research institutes and a Museum of Zen Buddhist Culture.

Basic Information

Location

• Komazawa campus: Komazawa 1-23-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo-to (東京都世田谷区駒沢1-23-1)

  This campus is next to the stadium of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

• Futakotamagawa campus: Unane 1-1-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo-to (東京都世田谷区宇奈根1-1-1)
• Fukasawa campus: Fukasawa 6-8-18, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo-to (東京都世田谷区深沢6-8-18)

Education and Research

Departments

• Buddhist Studies
  • Zen Buddhist Studies
  • Buddhist Studies
• Literature
  • Japanese Literature
  • English and American Literature
  • Geography
    • Area and Culture Studies
    • Environmental Science
  • History
    • Japanese History
    • Foreign History
    • Archaeology
  • Philosophy
  • Sociology
    • Sociology
    • Social Welfare
• Economics
  • Economics
  • Commerce
  • Applied Economics
• Law
  • Law
  • Political Science
• Business Administration
  • Business Administration
  • Marketing Management
• Health Sciences
  • Radiological Sciences
• Global Media Studies
  • Global Media

Graduate Programs

• Arts and Sciences
  • Buddhist Studies
  • Japanese literature
  • English and American Literature
  • Geography
  • History
    • Japanese History
    • European History
    • History of East Asia
    • Archaeology
  • Sociology
  • Psychology
    • Psychology
    • Certified Clinical Psychology
• Economics
• Commerce
• Law
  • Public Law
  • Private Law
• Business Administration
• Health Sciences
  • Radiological Sciences

Professional Graduate Programs

• Judicial Studies (Law school)

Affiliated Facilities

Institute

• Zen Institute
• Institute for Comparative Buddhist Literature
• Institute of Zen Buddhism and Economics
• Research Institute for Applied Geography
• Institute of Legal Research
• Research Institute for Accounting
• Institute of Mass Communication

Facilities

Campuses

• Komazawa campus
  • 246 Kaikan
  • Community Care Center
• Futakotamagawa campus
• Fukasawa campus

Museum

• Museum of Zen Culture

People and organizations related to Komazawa

Presidents

• Reirin Yamada
• Ui Hakujyu
• Mizuno Kogen

Notable alumni

• Kodo Sawaki (Zen Master))
• Shunryu Suzuki (Sōtō Zen roshi (Zen Master))
• Kobun Chino Otogawa (Sōtō Zen priest)
• Atsushi Watanabe (member of the House of Representatives in the Diet )
• Sanshiro Takagi (Japanese professional wrestler)
• Shinji Hashimoto (Japanese game producer)
• Hitoshi Okuda (Japanese manga artist)
• Yōsuke Takahashi (Japanese horror manga artist)
• Toshinobu Kubota (J-pop singer)
• Toshihiko Seki (Japanese voice actor)
• Hiroki Yasumoto (Japanese voice actor)
• Yasuomi Sano (Japanese actor)
• Hajime Meshiai (Japanese professional golfer)
• Atsushi Fujita (long-distance runner)
• Satoshi Shimizu (Japanese amateur boxer)
• Jun Uchida (Japanese football player )
• Seiichiro Maki (Japanese football player )
• Yuki Maki (Japanese football player )
• Masaki Chugo (Japanese football player )
• Masaki Fukai (Japanese football player )
• Toshiya Miura (Japanese football manager)
• Hiromichi Ishige (retired Japanese professional baseball player)
• Hisanori Takahashi (Japanese Major League Baseball pitcher)
• Tsuyoshi Kawagishi (Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher)
• Hisashi Takeda (Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher)
• Takahiro Arai (Japanese professional baseball player
• Taizan Maezumi Rōshi, (Soto Zen roshi (Zen master))
• Dainin Katagiri (Sōtō Zen rōshi, founding abbot of the Minnesota Zen Center)

Rev. Dr. Zengaku Soyu Matsuoka Roshi (Founder of Zen Buddhist Temple of Chicago, Long Beach Zen Center, and Mokurai Silent Thunder Order)

• and see;List of Komazawa related people from Japanese Wikipedia

External Relations

International exchanges

• University of Exeter, UK
• Kingston University, UK
• University of Queensland, Australia
• Griffith University, Australia
• University of California, Irvine, USA
• California State University, Los Angeles, USA
• University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
• Arkansas Tech University, USA
• University of British Columbia, Canada
• University of Provence, France
• Peking University, China
• East China Normal University, China
• Tamkang University, Taiwan
• Dongguk University, South Korea
• Cairo University, Egypt

Agreements with other universities

• Participant in the Setagaya 6 Universities

Sister Schools

• Tohoku Fukushi University
• Aichi Gakuin University
• Tsurumi University
• Komazawa Women's University

They were also established by Soto sect.

Affiliated Schools

• Tomakomai Komazawa University
• Komazawa Senior High School
• Komazawa Iwamizawa Senior High School
• Komazawa Tomakomai Senior High School

See also

• Hanazono University, corresponding Rinzai university

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 35°37′46.7″N 139°39′29.8″E / 35.629639°N 139.658278°E / 35.629639; 139.658278