Shigeki Moro

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Prof. at Waseda University. Japanese & East Asian Buddhist studies, digital humanities, Shorinji kempo, Kamishichiken-bunko.

Cherry trees in full bloom line both sides of the single-track railway, making it look as though the tracks are passing through a tunnel of cherry blossoms.
Japanese garden with cherry blossom trees, rocks, visitors taking photos, and the five-story pagoda of the Tōji temple.
武蔵御嶽神社（東京都青梅市）の拝殿・幣殿
An annual large ”ema” hung at the gate of Kitano Tenmangu Shrine. It depicts a galloping white horse, this year’s zodiac animal.
Presentation at Leipzig University.
University of Leipzig. Partially under construction.
Public lecture “The Circulation of Pure Land Imaginaire in Medieval East Asia: Focusing on Yuanzhao's Pure Land Maṇḍala.” Speaker: Dr. Wang Xingyi (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Commentator: Dr. Takemoto Soichiro (Waseda University) Date: 15:00–17:30, Monday, July 28, 2025 Venue: Conference Room 1, Building 33, Toyama Campus, Waseda University Language: English, Japanese (Discussion) Abstract: This talk focuses on the visual device in medieval Pure Land practice, conventionally referred to as the “Kangyō jūrokkan hensōzu.” As demonstrated by the substantial visual and textual evidence presented by preceding scholars, a clear correlation exists between this genre of Pure Land Maṇḍala and Yuanzhao's (1048–1116) commentary on the Contemplation Sūtra of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life. To advance the current stage of research, I will make two main points based on a comparison of Yuanzhao’s Pure Land Maṇḍala and the well-studied Taima Maṇḍala. The first is the discernible change of “Pure Land visual mode” between the two representations of the Pure Land. I will discuss several key visual divergencies that serve to illustrate this transformation, which in fact reflect a shift in the understanding of Pure Land. The second point pertains to the way in which the popularity and promotion of Pure Land Maṇḍala contributed to the establishment of Pure Land schools in medieval Japan. In conclusion, I argue that Pure Land Maṇḍala not only reflects Yuanzhao’s Pure Land thought in contrast to Shandao’s, but also, through the circulation of the objects, has facilitated the formation of a shared, albeit alternative imaginaire of Pure Land in the context of East Asian Buddhism. Hosted by Department of Asian Philosophy, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University & the Association of Asian Philosophy, Waseda University
Opening remarks by Prof. Michael Emmerich. Ono Memorial Auditorium, Waseda University.
This photo was taken from the pedestrian bridge at Tomigaya intersection in Shibuya Ward, looking north toward the road. The road slopes gently upward, with two towers standing in the central and buildings lining both sides. An airplane can be seen in the sky.
A Japanese-style rowboat moves along the canal, both banks of which are decorated with fresh green trees.
2024年度大須文庫調査研究報告会 令和六年度人文学研究科研究プロジェクト「真福寺大須文庫のアーカイヴ創成プロジェクト―今後の宗教遺産テクスト学の発展に向け―」 2025年3月28日（⾦）13:30〜17:30 名古屋大学 文系総合館７階 カンファレンスホール 事前申込不要 主催：名古屋大学人文学研究科附属人類文化遺産テクスト学研究センター 共催：名古屋大学最先端国際研究ユニット「文化遺産と交流史のアジア共創研究ユニット」 問い合わせ：guo.jianing.n3@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp 開会挨拶： 周藤芳幸（名古屋大学人文学研究科長） 第一部：文庫整理の歴史と課題 「文政文庫から黒板目録へ」鳥居和之（大須文庫長） 「名古屋大学による調査の成果と課題」三好俊徳（仏教大学） 「コロナ禍以降の大須文庫調査の現状」郭佳寧（名古屋大学） 第二部：真福寺善本叢刊第３期『神道篇別巻』刊行記念報告 「大須文庫所蔵神道関連聖教の調査と復元ー八十通印信・『諸大事』を中心に」大東敬明（國學院大學） 「中世神道研究史上における真福寺（大須観音）神道文献の重要性」伊藤聡（茨城大学） 全体討論
Large Snake picture tablet (ema) at Kitano Tenmangu shrine, Kyoto.
Movie of Fukuoka Bay, pine groves along the coast (Iki no matsubara), and a defensive stone wall built for the Mongolian invasion.
Cherry Blossom trees in full bloom near a bridge.
満開の桜の写真。
花が咲き始めた御室川沿いの桜の木。
A huge ema (votive tablet) is displayed at the gate of Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, Kyoto, Japan. The ema depicts a dragon, one of the zodiac animals for this year (by painter Junko Miwa).
Maru-mochi (round rice cake) and Nori-mochi (rice cake with seaweed) in bags.
Colored trees in the Uzumasa Kōryūji temple, Kyoto.
The main gate of the Kōryūji temple, Kyoto.
The proceedings of the International Conference on 50th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Korean Association of Buddhist Studies (KABS).
Four scholars are researching a Buddhist manuscript.
Landscape of Seoul
Poster of the 22nd annual meeting of the Association for the Interdisciplinary Studies of Japanese Buddhism.
Program of the 94th Annual Conference of the Zengaku Kenkyūkai.
Cover of Bukkyō shigaku kenkyū [Journal of the History of Buddhism] Vol.65, No. 1 (2023)
Martin Delhey. An Annotated Bilingual Yogācārabhūmi Index: Two Chapters on Meditation in Sanskrit and Xuanzang's Chinese Translation (Indian and Tibetan Studies 14). Hamburg: Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2023.
Flyer of the 50th-anniversary conference of the Korean Association for Buddhist Studies.
Fukuoji jinja shrine with many lanterns.