Inoué Enryô
(1858 - 1919)
INOUÉ ENRYÔ was born in Niigata Prefecture Japan.
He studied philosophy at the Imperial University of Tôkyô. And, against many philosophers of that days, he constructed a philosophy based upon Asian thoughts like Buddhism.
In 1887, he established Tetsugaku-kan, an Academy of philosophy, which is inherited to Tôyô University today.
He died in 1919 in Dalian, China.
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