About Shoryu Katsura Books
Professor Shoryu Katsura, Professor Emeritus of Hiroshima and Ryukoku Universities, studied Buddhist philosophy at Kyoto University, where he received his B.A. and M.A., obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, and was granted the degree of D.Litt. by Kyoto University. He has edited Dharmakirti's Thought and Its Impact on Indian and Tibetan Philosophy (1999) and The Role of the Example (drstanta) in Classical Indian Logic (co-edited with Ernst Steinkellner, 2004), and published Nagarjuna's Middle Way (with Mark Siderits, 2013), Indian Logic (2021), a complete Japanese translation of the Gandavyuha-sutra (with Yuichi Kajiyama and others, 2021), and many articles. He is a recipient of the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies Award (1977) and Nakamura Hajime Eastern Academic Award (2010).
