Yoshitaka Iriya - Japanese Literary Awards

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Occupations: Chinese literature scholar, Buddhist studies scholar
Active Years: 1936-1998
Affiliations: Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters, Nagoya University, Hanazono University, Kyoto Sangyo University
Memberships: Japan Academy
Influenced By: Takeshiro Kuraishi
Influenced: Takashi Ogawa, Shigeru Okamura, Kōzō Kawai, Kenji Kinugawa, Toshio Shinohara, Yuzō Mizoguchi

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
Fukuoka Prefectural Kokura High School	—	—	—	—	Japan
Fukuoka High School	—	—	—	—	Japan
Faculty of Letters, Kyoto Imperial University	Faculty of Letters	Department of Literature	文学士	—	Japan

Fukuoka Prefectural Kokura High School

Year of Graduation: 1928

Country: Japan

Fukuoka High School

Year of Graduation: 1932

Country: Japan

Faculty of Letters, Kyoto Imperial University

Faculty of Letters / Department of Literature

Degree: 文学士

Year of Graduation: 1936

Country: Japan

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
1983	Order of the Sacred Treasure, Second Class	—	—	Government of Japan	受章
1998	Junior Fourth Rank	—	—	Government of Japan	叙位

Order of the Sacred Treasure, Second Class

1983

Organization: Government of Japan

Result: 受章

Junior Fourth Rank

1998

Organization: Government of Japan

Result: 叙位

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award 1 appearances

Literary Style: Scholarly expositionAnnotated translations based on colloquial Chinese research

Renowned for research on Chinese classical literature focusing on Zen Buddhism.