The JAIBS Prize
History of the JAIBS Prize
The Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies (JAIBS) Prize was established by a donation from the first Chairperson, Professor Miyamoto Shōson of the University of Tokyo. It was established at the academic conference held at Taisho University in 1954, as one of the fifth anniversary projects of the JAIBS. The Board of Directors accepted the donation at the 8th Annual Conference held at Koyasan University in 1957, at which time the project was launched. The background for this is as follows. Chairperson Miyamoto compiled the results of his research on the “Historical Forms of Fundamental Truth in Buddhism” (funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) and published them in his book The Fundamental Truth of Buddhism (仏教の根本真理) to commemorate the 2,500th anniversary of the Buddha’s death. Fortunately, this book was well-received and has gone through many editions, and we were able to establish the JAIBS’s prize with the royalties from the book. Initially, 50,000 yen was set aside annually for five years until the 10th anniversary of the JAIBS. Since then, the JAIBS has funded the Prize as an award to honor young researchers, and this has continued to the present day.
List of past JAIBS Prize Awardees (Affiliation listed is at the time of award)
1st Awards: June 7, 1958
1. Fujita Kōtatsu (Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University)
2. Saigusa Mitsuyoshi (Assistant, The University of Tokyo)
3. Miyasaka Yūshō (Assistant Professor, Koyasan University)
4. Inokuchi Taijun (Lecturer, Ryukoku University)
5. Kino Kazuyoshi (The University of Tokyo)
6. Ōjihara Yutaka (Assistant Professor, Kyoto University)
2nd Awards: October 24, 1959
8. Maeda Egaku (Assistant, The University of Tokyo)
9. Yamaguchi Eshō (Assistant Professor, Osaka University)
10. Takasaki Jikidō (Assistant, The University of Tokyo)
11. Takeuchi Shōkō (Assistant Professor, Ryukoku University)
12. Kajiyama Yūichi (Lecturer, Shuciin University, Kyoto University)
3rd Awards: May 28, 1960
13. Ishigami Zen'ō (Lecturer, Taisho University)
14. Yasumoto Tōru (Hosei University)
15. Uno Atsushi (Assistant, Kyoto University)
16. Tokuoka Ryōei (Lecturer, Seizan College)
4th Awards: July 9, 1961
17. Tsukamoto Keishō (Lecturer, Rissho University)
18. Kamata Shigeo (Lecturer, Komazawa University)
19. Mizutani Kōshō (Assistant Professor, Bukkyo University)
20. Hattori Masaaki (Assistant Professor, Kyoto University)
21. Misaki Ryōshū (Assistant Professor, Waseda University)
5th Awards: May 19, 1962
22. Hayashima Kyōshō (Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo)
23. Hiraoka Jōkai (Lecturer, Shuciin University)
24. Shioiri Ryōdō (Assistant Professor, Taisho University)
25. Yanagida Seizan (Professor, Hanazono University)
26. Kobayashi Nobuhiko (Graduate Student, Kyoto University)
6th Awards: May 23, 1964
27. Matsunaga Yūkei (Lecturer, Koyasan University)
28. Iwasaki Shin'e (Assistant Professor, Asahikawa Women's College)
29. Uryūzu Ryūshin (Assistant, The University of Tokyo)
7th Awards: May 29, 1965
30. Hara Minoru (Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo)
31. Takasaki Masayoshi (Lecturer, Hanazono University)
32. Sakurabe Hajime (Assistant Professor, Otani University)
33. Tosaki Hiromasa (Assistant, Kyushu University)
8th Awards: June 11, 1966
34. Tanaka Ryōshō (Lecturer, Komazawa University)
35. Inagaki Hisao (Lecturer, Ryukoku University)
36. Hibi Senshō (Assistant Professor, Rissho University)
9th Awards: June 10, 1967
37. Hirai Shun'ei (Lecturer, Komazawa University)
38. Kanaoka Shūyū (Professor, Toyo University)
39. Kudō Shigeki (Assistant, Kyoto University)
10th Awards: June 1, 1968
40. Takahara Shin'ichi (Assistant, Kyushu University)
41. Nakada Naomichi (Lecturer, Tsurumi Woman's College)
42. Yamaori Tetsuo (Tohoku University)
43. Takagi Shingen (Assistant Professor, Koyasan University)
11th Awards: June 7, 1969
44. Imanishi Junkichi (Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University)
45. Honda Megumu (The University of Tokyo)
46. Azuma Ryūshin (Komazawa Women's Junior College)
47. Murakami Shinkan (Assistant Professor, Hachinohe National College of Technology)
12th Awards: July 11, 1970
48. Amano Hirofusa (Assistant Professor, Hijiyama Women's Junior College)
49. Kagawa Takao (Professor, Bukkyo University)
50. Kashiwagi Hiroo (Professor, Chukyo University, Matsusaka Women's Junior College)
51. Kaginushi Ryōkei (Lecturer, Otani University)
52. Kim Jigyeon (Graduate Student, The University of Tokyo)
13th Awards: June 5, 1971
53. Tamura Kōyū (Assistant Professor, Nishogakusha University)
54. Ejima Yasunori (Assistant, Institute of Oriental Culture, The University of Tokyo)
55. Suzuki Takeshi (Assistant Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
14th Awards: August 26, 1972
56. Maeda Sengaku (Suzuki Gakujutsu Zaidan)
57. Sugimoto Takushū (Assistant Professor, Tohoku Social Welfare University)
15th Awards: May 5, 1973
58. Suzuki Tetsuo (Assistant Professor, Aichi Gakuin University)
59. Sadakata Akira (Assistant Professor, Tokai University)
60. Tsuda Shin’ichi (The University of Tokyo)
61. Itō Zuiei (Lecturer, Rissho University)
16th Awards: July 27, 1974
62. Okabe Kazuo (Assistant Professor, Komazawa University)
63. Kimura Kiyotaka (Lecturer, Chuo University)
64. Kariya Sadahiko (Lecturer, Shuchiin University)
65. Kawamura Kōdō (Assistant Professor, Komazawa University)
17th Awards: May 24, 1975
66. Kawasaki Shinjō (Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba)
67. Toda Hirofumi (Professor, Tokushima University)
68. Nitta Masaaki (Assistant Professor, Chukyo University)
69. Suganuma Akira (Professor, Toyo University)
18th Awards: June 5, 1976
70. Matsunami Yoshihiro (Lecturer, Taisho University)
71. Ikari Yasuke (Assistant, Kyoto University)
19th Awards: July 11, 1977
72. Kurumiya Enshū (Assistant Professor, Rissho University)
73. Shibata Tōru (Assistant Professor, Sapporo Otani Junior College)
74. Yokoyama Kōitsu (Lecturer, Rikkyo University)
75. Katsura Shōryū (Assistant Professor, Hiroshima University)
76. Ikeda Rosan (Assistant Professor, Komazawa University)
20th Awards: July 11, 1978
77. Okuda Kiyoaki (Assistant Professor, Shitennoji Women's College)
78. Kanmuri Ken'ichi (Assistant Professor, Rissho University)
79. Isoda Hirofumi (Lecturer, Tohoku University)
80. Hakamaya Noriaki (Lecturer, Komazawa University)
21st Awards: September 11, 1979
81. Okimoto Katsumi (Assistant Professor, Hanazono University)
82. Katō Junshō (Assistant Professor, Nishogakusha University)
83. Yoshimoto Shingyō (Assistant and Lecturer, Otani University)
84. Nagao Mutsushi (Assistant Professor, Kumamoto Music Junior College)
85. Kiuchi Gyōō (Lecturer, Taisho University)
86. Ishii Shūdō (Assistant Professor, Komazawa University)
22nd Awards: July 18, 1980
87. Yoshizu Yoshihide (Assistant Professor, Komazawa University)
88. Mitomo Ken'yō (Assistant Professor, Rissho University)
89. Mimaki Katsumi (Assistant, Kyoto University)
90. Matsumoto Shōkei (Assistant Professor, Rissho University)
23rd Awards: August 26, 1981
91. Itō Takatoshi (Assistant Professor, Komazawa University)
92. Ōno Hideto (Lecturer, Aichi Gakuin University)
93. Kimura Toshihiko (Assistant Professor, Tokai Women's College)
94. Harikai Kunio (Assistant Professor, Saga Medical School)
95. Kitagawa Zenchō (Assistant Professor, Rissho University)
24th Awards: October 16, 1982
96. Asada Masahiro (Lecturer, Ryukoku University)
97. Mukai Akira (Assistant, Hokkaido University)
98. Ishikawa Rikizan (Lecturer, Komazawa University)
99. Yūki Yoshifumi (Lecturer, Keio University)
100. Tabata Tetsuya (Lecturer, Otani University)
101. Kamimura Katsuhiko (Assistant Professor, Kokugakuin University)
102. Shizuka Jien (Assistant Professor, Koyasan University)
25th Awards: June 11, 1983
103. Tanigawa Taikyō (Assistant Professot, Koyasan University)
104. Hirose Tomoichi (Professor, Tohoku Social Welfare University)
105. Miyamoto Keiichi (Lecturer, Hosei University)
26th Awards: November 10, 1984
106. Itō Shūken (Lecturer, Komazawa University)
107. Takemura Makio (Assistant Professor, Mie University)
108. Kudara Kōgi (Lecturer, Ryukoku University)
109. Takenaka Tomoyasu (Assistant Professor, Hanazono University)
110. Ōtani Gyōkō (Assistant Professor, Rissho University)
27th Awards: June 15, 1985
111. Namai Mamoru (Assistant Professor, Koyasan University)
112. Hokazaono Kōichi (Assistant Professor, Kagoshima Keizai University)
113. Tanabe Kazuko (Lecturer, Toho Gakuin)
28th Awards: June 14, 1986
114. Namikawa Takayoshi (Lecturer, Bukkyo University)
115. Nagai Masashi (Lecturer, Komazawa University)
116. Mitomo Ryōjun (Assistant Professor, Rissho University)
29th Awards: June 6, 1987
117. Tsuchida Ryūtarō (Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo)
118. Miyake Moritsune (Assistant, Nihon University)
119. Yamazaki Moriichi (Assistant Professor, Sendai National College of Technology)
120. Kawaguchi Kōfū (Assistant Professor, Aichi Gakuin University)
30th Awards: July 25, 1988
121. Tanaka Kyōshō (Assistant Professor, Musashino Women's University)
122. Fujita Kōkan (Assistant Professor, Koyasan University)
123. Ikeda Rentarō (Lecturer, Komazawa University)
124. Nozawa Masanobu (Assistant Professor, Numazu National College of Technology)
125. Ruben L. F. Habito (Assistant Professor, Sophia University)
126. Shima Iwao (Assistant Professor, Aichi Gakuin University)
127. Okayama Hajime (Lecturer, Nihon University)
31st Awards: September 15, 1989
128. Moriyama Seitetsu (Assistant Professor, Bukkyo University)
129. Watanabe Kenji (Library at Taisho University)
130. Fujii Kyōkō (Assistant Professor, Tokoha Gakuen Hamamatsu University)
131. Saitō Akira (Assistant Professor, Mie University)
132. Satō Etsujō (Assistant Professor, Aichi Gakuin Junior College)
32nd Awards: June 23, 1990
133. Takeuchi Kōzen (Assistant Professor, Koyasan University)
134. Yaita Hideomi (Lecturer, Taisho University)
135. Kanno Hiroshi (Assistant Professor, Soka University)
136. Nakao Ryōshin (Lecturer, Hanazono University)
33rd Awards: 1991
137. Ueda Noboru (Part-Time Lecturer, Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy)
138. Marui Hiroshi (Lecturer, Musashino Women's University)
139. Shimizu Kairyū (Assistant Professor, Rissho University)
140. Han Tae Sik (Assistant Professor, Dongguk University)
34th Awards: 1992
141. Sasaki Shizuka (Lecturer, Hanazono University)
142. Sakuma Hidenori (Lecturer, International Buddhist University)
143. Yamashita Hiroshi (Assistant Professor, Yamagata University)
144. Onoda Shunzō (Assistant Professor, Bukkyo University)
145. Tanizawa Junzō (Assistant, The University of Tokyo)
35th Awards: 1993
146. Itohisa Hōken (Assistant Professor, Rissho University)
147. Okada Yukihiro (Assistant Professor, Kobe Women's University)
148. Nakagawa Masanori (Assistant Professor, Chikushi Jogakuen Junior College)
149. Hikita Hiromichi (Assistant Professor, Aichi Gakuin University)
36th Awards: 1994
150. Wada Toshihiro (Assistant Professor, Nagoya University)
151. Shimoda Masahiro (Lecturer, Nihon University)
152. Takahashi Takahide (Researcher, The Eastern Institute)
37th Awards: 1995
153. Okada Mamiko (Assistant Professor, Kobe Women's University)
154. Fukushi Jinin (Researcher, The Eastern Institute)
155. Tanaka Kimiaki (Researcher, The Eastern Institute)
38th Awards: September 5, 1996
156. Sekido Gyōkai (Assistant Professor, Minobusan University)
157. Hasegawa Masahiro (Assistant Professor, Shogen Junior College)
158. Kawano Satoshi (Religious Affairs Div., Agency for Cultural Affairs)
39th Awards: June 21, 1997
159. Ono Motoi (Assistant, University of Tsukuba)
160. Hosoda Noriaki (Assistant, Hokkaido University)
161. Kobayashi Mamoru (Researcher, The Eastern Institute)
162. Mizuno Yoshifumi (Researcher, The Eastern Institute)
162. Taniguchi Fujio (Lecturer, Nagoya Women's University)
40th Awards: September 5, 1998
164. Andō Mitsuru (Assistant Professor, Aichi Gakuin University)
165. Terao Eichi (Assistant Professor, Minobusan University)
166. Nishimoto Teruma (Musashino Women's University)
41st Awards: September 9, 1999
167. Yoshimizu Kiyotaka (Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University)
168. Ibuki Atsushi (Assistant Professor, Toyo University)
169. Minowa Kenryō (Assistant Professor, Aichi Gakuin University)
170. Satō Hiroyuki (Researcher, The Eastern Institute)
42nd Awards: September 2, 2000
171. Hiraoka Satoshi (Assistant Professor, Kyoto Bunkyo University)
172. Hara Shinjō (Assistant Professor, Rissho University)
173. Yoshimizu Chizuko (Part-Time Lecturer, The University of Tokyo)
43rd Awards: June 29, 2001
174. Mochizuki Kaie (Lecturer, Minobusan University)
175. Yonezawa Yoshiyasu (Part-Time Lecturer, Taisho University)
176. Gōda Hideyuki (Assistant, Nihon University)
177. Iwagami Kazunori (Researcher, The Institute of Buddhist Culture, Musashino University)
44th Awards: July 6, 2002
178. Yamagiwa Nobuyuki (Assistant Professor, Bukkyo University)
179. Aruga Kōki (Researcher, The Eastern Institute)
180. Hayashida Kōjun (Lecturer, Taisho University)
45th Awards: September 6, 2003
181. Annaka Naofumi (Assistant Professor, Rissho University)
182. Watanabe Hiroki (Religious Affairs Div., Agency for Cultural Affairs)
183. Chen Jidong (Lecturer, Musashino University)
46th Awards: July 24, 2004
184. Ishida Chikō (Part-Time Lecturer, Shuchiin University)
185. Iwasaki Yoshiyuki (Assistant Professor, Sapporo Otani Junior College)
186. Suzuki Takayasu (Assistant Professor, Yamaguchi Prefectural University)
47th Awards: July 29, 2005
187. Kyūma Taiken (Assistant Professor, Mie University)
48th Awards: September 12, 2006
188. Saitō Takanobu (Lecturer, Bukkyo University)
189. Yoshimura Makoto (Lecturer, Komazawa University)
190. Chou Jouhan (Graduate Student, Rissho University)
49th Awards: September 4, 2007
191. Shibasaki Maho (Researcher, The Eastern Institute)
50th Awards: September 4, 2008
192. Tamura Kanji (Associate Professor, Rissho University)
193. Unebe Toshiya (Associate Professor, Nagoya University)
194. Moriyama Shin'ya (Associate Professor, Shinshu University)
195. Dōyama Eijirō (Lecturer, Osaka University)
51st Awards: September 8, 2009
196. Elsa Legittimo (Post-doctoral Researcher, Munich University)
197. Nishimura Naoko (Post-doctoral Researcher, Tohoku University)
198. Takahashi Kōichi (Project Researcher, The University of Tokyo)
52nd Awards: September 10, 2010
199. Iwai Shōgo (Associate Professor, Toyo University)
200. Kataoka Kei (Associate Professor, Kyushu University)
201. Maegawa Ken'ichi (Co-researcher, International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
202. Muroya Yasutaka (Researcher, University of Vienna)
53rd Awards: September 7, 2011
203. Katō Kōjirō (Part-Time Lecturer, Musashino University)
204. Baba Norihisa (Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo)
205. Moro Shigeki (Associate Professor, Hanazono University)
206. Saitō Shigeru (Part-Time Lecturer, Nagoya University)
54th Awards: June 30, 2012
207. Fujii Jun (Lecturer, Komazawa University)
208. Nagasaki Kiyonori (General Manager, International Institute for Digital Humanities)
209. Suzuki Takanori (Part-Time Lecturer, Aichi Bunkyo University)
210. Kobayashi Hisayasu (Part-Time Lecturer, Chikushi Jogakuen University)
211. Kanō Kazuo (Assistant Professor, Koyasan University)
212. Kawasaki Yutaka (Assistant Professor, Otani University)
55th Awards: August 31, 2013
213. Shida Taisei (Assistant Professor, Tha Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University)
214. Seino Kōdō (Researcher, The Research Center for Soto Zen Buddhism)
215. Watanabe Toshikazu (Research Fellow, The Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia of the Austrian Academy of Sciences)
216. Akahane Ritsu (Research Fellow, The Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia of the Austrian Academy of Sciences)
217. Yao Fumi (JSPS Research Fellow)
56th Awards: August 30, 2014
218. Yamaguchi Hiroe (Lecturer, Komazawa University)
219. Kim Byungkon (Lecturer, Minobusan University)
220. Kato Takahiro (Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo)
221. Ito Shushin (Part-Time Lecturer, Aichi Gakuin University)
222. Kawajiri Yohei (Research Associate, Chikushi Jogakuen Junior College)
57th Awards: September 19, 2015
223. KATAYAMA Yumi (JSPS Research Fellow)
224. SUZUKI Kenta (Associate Professor, Hokkaido Musashi Women's Junior College)
225. HAYASHI Kana (Researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies, Toyo University)
226. HORIUCHI Toshio (Research Associate, International Research Center for Philosophy, Toyo University)
58th Awards: September 3, 2016
227. KIMURA Chuichi (Associate Professor, Minobusan University)
228. IWASAKI Yoichi (JSPS Research Fellow)
229. MATSUMORI Hideyuki (Researcher, The Institute of Oriental Philosophy)
230. NEMOTO Hiroshi (Associate Professor, Hiroshima University)
231. SHOJI Fumio (Lecturer, Rissho University)
59th Awards: September 2, 2017
232. KUDŌ Ryōdō (Part-Time Lecturer, Taisho University)
233. MIYAZAKI Tenshō (Assistant Professor, Otani University)
234. HOTTA Kazuyoshi (Researcher, The Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University)
60th Awards: September 1, 2018
235. Bub Jang (Lee Choong Hwan) (Lecturer, Haein Monastery University)
236. HINO Eun (Assistant Professor, Musashino University)
237. AKITSU Hideaki (Researcher, The Research Center for Sōtō Zen Buddhism)
61st Awards: September 7, 2019
238. HOMMA Shumbun (Lecturer, Rissho University)
239. SAKAI Masamichi (Associate Professor, Kansai University)
240. AKITSU Hideaki (Researcher, The Research Center for Sōtō Zen Buddhism)
62nd Awards: July 4, 2020
241. YANAGI Mikiyasu (Associate Professor, Hanazono University / Deputy Director, International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism)
242. YAMAHATA Tomoyuki (Associate Professor, Hokkaido University of Sceince)
243. HURUKAWA Yōhei (Researcher, The Institute of Oriental Philosophy)
244. MURAKAMI Akiya (Part-Time Lecturer, Ryukoku University)
63rd Awards: September 4, 2021
245. WANG Junqi (Lecturer, The School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China)
246. ŌSHIKA Shin'ō (Lecturer, Taisho University)
247. KONDŌ Hayato (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
248. NAKANISHI Toshihide (Associate Professor, Kyoto Women’s University)
64th Awards: September 3, 2022
249. ISSHIKI Daigo (Research Associate, The University of Tokyo)
250. OTSUKA Shigetoshi (Part-Time Lecturer, Taisho University)
251. TANAKA Hironori (Part-Time Lecturer, Bukkyo University)
252. MIYO Mai (JSPS Research Fellow)
253. YOKOYAMA Takeshi (Project Assistant Professor, Gifu University)
65th Awards: September 2, 2023
254. OKADA Fumihiro (Research Associate, Minobusan University)
255. MANABE Tomohiro (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University)