Yamaori Tetsuo

Religious studies scholar and writer. Born in San Francisco in 1931. Graduated from Tohoku University in 1954, where he majored in Indian philosophy. Has been director of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken) and is now professor emeritus of Nichibunken, the National Museum of Japanese History, and the Graduate University for Advanced Studies. Author of Shi no minzokugaku (Ethnology of Death), Kindai Nihonjin no shūkyō ishiki (Religious Attitudes in Modern Japan), and other works.

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Apr 7, 2014