Ryukoku University

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Ryukoku University
龍谷大学
Established:	1639
Type:	private
Students:	11,900
Location:	Kyoto, Japan
Campus:	urban
Website:	www.ryukoku.ac.jp

Ryukoku University (龍谷大学, Ryūkoku Daigaku^?) is a private university located in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as a school for Buddhist monks of the Nishi Hongwanji denomination in 1639, and became a secularized university in 1876. Professors and students of the university established the famed literary magazine Chūōkōron in 1887. It has three campuses: Fukakusa and Omiya in Kyoto; and Seta in Shiga prefecture. It also has a US branch in Berkeley California.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Yuji Fujii, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature)
• Ayano Tsuji, singer-songwriter.

[edit] External links

• Ryukoku University Homepage
• Woodblock Print of Ryukoku University, 1879