Kitaro Nishida
(1870-1945)
Japanese philosopher
menu
Add to my lists
About
Jump to
Kitarō Nishida (西田 幾多郎, Nishida Kitarō, May 19, 1870 – June 7, 1945) was a prominent Japanese philosopher, founder of what has been called the Kyoto School of philosophy. He graduated from the University of Tokyo during the Meiji period in 1894 with a degree in philosophy. He was named professor of the Fourth Higher School in Ishikawa Prefecture in 1899 and later became professor of philosophy at Kyoto University. Nishida retired in 1927. In 1940, he was awarded the Order of Culture (文化勲章, bunka kunshō). He participated in establishing the Chiba Institute of Technology (千葉工業大学) from 1940.
Key details
edit section
| Born |
1870 Mori village near Kanazawa (present-day Kahoku, Ishikawa Prefecture), Japan
|
| Died |
1945 (aged 74) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
|
| Zodiac | |
| Tags | Add tag |
Family members
Parents
0
Add parent
Siblings
0
Add sibling
Other family members
0
Add family member
Connections
Friends & associates
Add friend/associate
Kitaro Nishida dating history
0Children
0No records found.
Scholars
Please be the first to contribute to this page!
Family
Parents
0
Add parent
Siblings
0
Add sibling
Children
0
Add child
Other family members
0
Add family member
Friends & associates
Add friend/associate
Missing information for Kitaro Nishida
- missing gender
- missing height
- missing hair color
- missing eye color
- missing ethnicity
- add banner photo
- add photos to gallery
Lists
6
Facts and figures
6
Similar profiles
10
Activity
Top contributors today
Be the first to contribute today
Tags
Featured contributors
Couples by country
USA · UK · Canada · Australia · France · Germany · India · China · South Korea · Japan · Spain · MexicoCouples by decade
1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s · 2010s · 2020sADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
