Research Theme :
History and Thought of Chinese Buddhism
YANAGI Mikiyasu, who joined the Institute as Associate Professor in 2021, is a Sinologist specializing in the history and philosophy of East Asian Buddhism. He received his Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Tokyo. His research has been focused on the intellectual history of Chan/Zen Buddhism, which arose and flourished in China before spreading to other places such as Korea and Japan, so as to analyze and clarify in detail the new developments in Buddhist thought which occurred in East Asia.