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Chief Priest of Jōshibō, a sub-temple of Tōdai-ji

Head of Jōin at Tōdai-ji

Chairman, Tōdai-ji Welfare and Rehabilitation Hospital

Lecturer at the Eastern Institute

Chief Priest of Jōshibō, a sub-temple of Tōdai-ji

Chairman, Asia-Africa International Service Foundation

Director of Administration, Kegon School

Head of the Great Buddha Hall at Tōdai-ji

Lecturer at the Eastern Institute

Vice Chairman, National Federation of Owners of National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties

Member, Expert Council on English Explanations of Cultural Properties

Chief Priest of Jōshibō, a sub-temple of Tōdai-ji

Chairman, Asia-Africa International Service Foundation

Director of Administration, Kegon School

Head of the Great Buddha Hall at Tōdai-ji

Lecturer at the Eastern Institute

Financial Administrator of Tōdai-ji
(until 2013)

Financial Administrator and Library Director of Tōdai-ji
(until 2010)

Part-time Lecturer, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies

Lectured at Hanazono University (fundamentals of Buddhist studies and related subjects)

Part-time Lecturer, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
(until 2007)

Part-time Lecturer, Momoyama Gakuin University
(until 1996)

Part-time Lecturer, Hanazono University
(until 2008)

Part-time Lecturer, Otani University
(until 1985)

Chief Priest of Kinju-in, a sub-temple of Tōdai-ji
(until 1997)

Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(until 1981)

Completed doctoral coursework without a degree,
Graduate School of Letters, Otani University

Completed the master’s program in Indian Philosophy, University of Madras

Graduated from the Department of Buddhist Studies,
Faculty of Letters, Otani University (Indian Studies)

Graduate research student, Faculty of Letters, Osaka University
(until 1972)

Graduated from Tōdaiji Gakuen High School

Graduated from Tōdaiji Gakuen Junior High School

Graduated from Tsuzaka Elementary School

Born at Tōdai-ji in Nara