Born into a village headman's family in Unoke village, Ishikawa (Kahoku).
He studied philosophy at the Imperial University.
Around this time, partly influenced by his friend D. T. Suzuki, he devoted himself to Zen practice.
He became a professor at the Fourth Higher School in Kanazawa.
He began teaching at Kyoto Imperial University.
He published An Inquiry into the Good, creating a distinctively Japanese philosophy.
He retired from the university and continued his work in Kamakura and elsewhere; the Kyoto path he walked is called the Philosopher's Path.
He received the Order of Culture.
He died in Kamakura.
Katō TomosaburōMakino TomitarōNagaoka HantarōMinakata KumagusuHonda KōtarōShimamura HōgetsuSakai ToshihikoIzumi Kyōka
People of the Taishō period ・ People by period
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