Japanese Orientalist, philosopher, professor, and translator
Toshihiko Izutsu
井筒 俊彦
Izutsu in Ascona in 1979[2]
Born
(1914-05-04)4 May 1914
Tokyo, Japan
Died
7 January 1993(1993-01-07) (aged 78)
Kamakura, Japan
Known for
His translation of the Qurʾān into Japanese
Academic background
Education
Keio University
Influences
Junzaburo Nishiwaki[1]
Academic work
Institutions
Keio University
McGill University
Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy
Toshihiko Izutsu (井筒 俊彦, Izutsu Toshihiko, 4 May 1914 – 7 January 1993) was a Japanese scholar who specialized in Islamic studies and comparative religion.[3] He took an interest in linguistics at a young age,[4] and came to know more than thirty languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Persian, Sanskrit, Pali, Hindustani, Russian, Greek, and Chinese.[5][6][1][4] He is widely known for his translation of the Qurʾān into Japanese.[1]
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ToshihikoIzutsu (井筒 俊彦, IzutsuToshihiko, 4 May 1914 – 7 January 1993) was a Japanese scholar who specialized in Islamic studies and comparative religion...
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with the life, works and thoughts of ToshihikoIzutsu. This film is the only documentary ever made about Izutsu. The making of this film lasted for four...
epistemology, ontology, ethics, purpose, etc." according to Mehdi Golshani. ToshihikoIzutsu writes that in Islam, nature is not seen as something separate but...
of the god 帝江 (Di-Jiang) is translated as "great god Long River". ToshihikoIzutsu suggests that singing and dancing here and in Zhuangzi refers to shamanic...
necessarily accepting the theological or doctrinal formulations of Islam. ToshihikoIzutsu likewise argues that "believing in islam" refers to submission to the...
Islamic Studies Tehran Branch since 1968, where he has collaborated with ToshihikoIzutsu and Herman Landolt on several important projects. Professor Mohaghegh...
(apophatic) than with positive descriptions of deconstruction. When asked by ToshihikoIzutsu some preliminary considerations on how to translate deconstruction...
Qur'anic Prophets: Ibn 'Arabi's thought and method in the Fusûs al-Hikam ToshihikoIzutsu: Sufism and Taoism, Comparative work between Lao Tzu and Ibn Arabi's...
collaborated with western and non-western academics like William Chittick, ToshihikoIzutsu, Sayyed Jalal-ed-Din Ashtiani, Abbas Zaryab, Toshio Kuroda and others...
Polemical Image in Medieval Islam. SUNY Press. ISBN 9780791439678. Izutsu, Toshihiko (1984-01-01). Sufism and Taoism: A Comparative Study of Key Philosophical...
translation in 1938. The first translation from the Arabic was done by ToshihikoIzutsu in 1945. In 1950, another translation appeared by Shūmei Ōkawa. Other...
10.310 Muzaffar Iqbal (2007). Science & Islam. Greenwood Press. 2. ToshihikoIzutsu (1964). God and Man in the Koran. Weltansckauung. Tokyo. 3. Situating...
Sho-Chieh Tsiang (undergraduate atten.), member of Academia Sinica ToshihikoIzutsu (literature, 1937), Member of Japan Academy Akira Hayami (economics...
William Chittick, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Kenneth Morgan, Sachiko Murata, ToshihikoIzutsu, and Henry Corbin held various philosophical discourses. The book Shi'ite...
such as Peter Lamborn Wilson, Jalal al-Din Ashtiyani, Henry Corbin, ToshihikoIzutsu, Badi’ al-Zaman Furuzanfar, Jalal al-Din Humai, Mehdi Mohaghegh, and...
Religion and Mysticism, Logics and Kalam. William Chittick Henry Corbin ToshihikoIzutsu Sachiko Murata Peter Lamborn Wilson "The Iranian Institute of Philosophy"...
and the term ghafil refers to those who are neglectful or heedless. ToshihikoIzutsu argues that the term "ghaflah" used in the Quran has both a common...
Women", 1960 "Book Review: Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur'ān by ToshihikoIzutsu". Contemporary Religions in Japan. 8 (2). Nanzan University: 186–190...
died from a subdural hematoma on 5 December 2023, at the age of 87. ToshihikoIzutsu, The Concept of Belief in Islamic Theology, pg. vi. New Westminster:...
My Father. Tenri Journal of Religion, 42, 23. Wakamatsu, E. (2014). ToshihikoIzutsu and the Philosophy of WORD: In Search of the Spiritual Orient (J. C...
dancer and choreographer, AIDS. John Cowley, 87, English army officer. ToshihikoIzutsu, 78, Japanese religious scholar. Susi Jeans, 81, Austrian-born organist...
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