Staff Members
![TACHIKAWA Musashi](http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/sites/default/files/aboutus/pe/tachikawa/img/000.jpg)
Academic Qualifications:
- B.A. Nagoya Univ. 1964
- M.A. Nagoya Univ. 1966
- Ph.D. Harvard Univ. 1975
- D.Litt. Nagoya Univ. 1985
Geographical areas of Interest:
India, Tibet, Nepal
Ethnic groups:
Indians,Maharashtriyans,Newar,Tibetans
Discipline:
Indian and Buddhist studies, the profance and sacred, the structure of the world; mandala, yoga and emptiness.
Publications:
- 2003
- Mother-Goddesses in Kathmandu, Adroit Publishers, Delhi
- 2001
- Tree Hundred and Sixty Buddhist Deities, M. ,Mori and S. ,Yamaguti (eds. ), Adroit Publishers, Delhi
- 2001
- "Iconology of the Sacred" Newsletter 26, p.6, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University, Nov. 2001
- 2001
- "The Introductory Part of the Kiranavali", The Journal of Indian Philosophy, Vol.29, Nos.1-2
- 2001
- "The Sixteen Bodhisattvas in the Dharmadhatu Mandala. ", Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, Vol.25, No.4, pp.537-623
- 2000
- Puja and Sanskara (TACHIKAWA, Musashi, Shinobu HINO and Lalita DEODHAR), Motilal Banarsidass, p.177, Delhi
- 2000
- Indian Fire Ritual (TACHIKAWA, Musashi, Shrikant BAHURKAR and Maahavi KOLHATKAR), Motilal Banarsidass, p.212, Delhi
- 2000
- "Mandala visia lization and possession. " Samten G. Karmay, Yasuhiko Nagano(ed,) New Horizons in Bon Studies, Senri Ethnological Reports 15, National Museum of Ethnology, pp.227-247
- 2000
- "The World and Amida Buddha," Toward a Contemporary Understanding of Pure Land Buddhism (ed. by D. Hirota), State University of New York Press, pp.223-240
- 2000
- "Mandala Contemplation and Pure Land Practice," Toward a Contemporary Understanding of Pure Land Buddhism (ed. by D. Hirota), State University of New York Press, pp.101-124
- 1999
- "How is World Sanctification Possible", Views of the Environment in Asian Countries: Their Relationship to Sustainable Development, pp.153-160, Asian-Pacific Center, The United Nations University
- 1999
- "Hindu Thinking on Sakti: A Historical Perspective", M.Tanakaand M. Tachiakwa (eds.), Living with Sakti: Gender, Sexuality and Religion in South Asia, Senri Ethnological Studies 50: 21-32, National Museum of Ethnology
- 1998
- "Time in Buddhism", Yasuhiko Nagano(ed.), Time, Language and Cognition, Senri Ethnological Studies No.45:123-142, National Museum of Ethnology
- 1998
- "On the Introduction of Buddhism of Buddhist Thought to Japan", Japan in a Comparative Perspective, International Symposium No.12: 63-75, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 1997
- An Introduction to the Philosophy of Nagarjuna, tr. by R. Giebel, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi
- 1995
- "Interpretation of Emptiness", HORIN, das Haus der Japaneischen Kultur, Dusseldorf, No.2: 81-92
- 1995
- Five Hundred Buddhist Deities, Senri Ethnological Report 2, H. Mori and S. Yamaguchi (eds.) National Museum of Ethnology
- 1994
- "The Concept of Universal in Bhavaviveka's Writings," Johannses Bronkhorst(ed ), Asiatische Studien Etudes Asiatiques, XLVIII-2: 891-902, Berlin
- 1993
- "The Logical Structure of the Tetralemma in the Mulamadhyamakakarika", Dr. Miyasaka Koki Kinen Ronbunshu, pp.401-421, Hozokan
- 1993
- "Mahayana Philosophies," Encyclopaedia of Spirituality, pp.188-202, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
- 1993
- "Homa in Vedic Ritual:The Structure of the Darsa-purnamasa", Senri Ethnological Studies No.36, pp.239-267
- 1991
- "A Study of the Vajradhatu-mandala (1): Modern Line-drawings depicted according to the Nispannayogavali. " Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology 15-4:1073-1120
- 1991
- The Ngor Mndalas of Tibet, Linguistics of the Names of Deities, S. Onoda, Y. Noguchi, K. Tanaka (eds.) The Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies
- 1990
- "The Mandala: Its Structure and Functions," The Ngor Mandalas of Tibet, The Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies, pp.xxi-xxxv
- 1989
- Three Works of Vasubandhu in Sanskrit Manuscript, K. Mimaki, A. Yuyama (eds.) The Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies
- 1988
- A Catalogue of the United States Library of Congress Collection of Tibetan literature in Microfiche, Part 2. The International Institute for Buddhist Studies, Tokyo, Y. Nagano, F. Taniguchi, S. Onoda (eds )
- 1985
- A Catalogue of the Gedan Sungrab Minyam Gyunphel Series (Part 1), Studia Asiatica No.7, The Department of Indian Philosophy, Nagoya University
- 1985
- An Ancient Indian Homa Ritual, The Department of Indian Philosophy Nagoya University
- 1984
- "Two Kinds of Negations in the Mulamadhyamakakarika," Proceedings of the Thirty-First International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa Toho Gakkai
- 1984
- "Materials for Iconographic Studies of the Eight Mother-Goddesses in the Kathmandu valley, Part 1: Plates" Monumenta Serindica, No.12, A.A.Institute, pp.1-122
- 1984
- "Materials for Iconographic Studies of Mother-Goddesses in the Kathmandu valley, Part1-2," Monumenta Serindica, No.15, A.A.Institute, pp.1-122
- 1983
- "A Hindu Worship Service in Sixteen Steps, Shodasa-upacara-puja", Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, Vol.8, No.1, pp.104-186
- 1983
- A Catalogue of the United States Library of Congress Collection of Tibetan literature in Microfiche, Part1, The International Institute for Buddhist Studies, Tokyo. T. Kesan, S. Onoda (eds. )
- 1981
- The Structure of the World in Udayana's Realism, Reidel, Holland (Harvard Ph.D. )
- 1980
- "Pratiyasamutpada in the Dedication of the Mulamadhyamakakarika," The Adyar Library Bulletin, Dr. K. Kunjunni Raja Felicicitation Volume, Vols. 44-45, pp.639-653(-81)
- 1980
- "A logical analysis of the Mulamadhyamakakarika," in M. Nagatomi (ed. ), Sanskrit and Indian studies: essays in honour of Daniel H. H. Ingalls, pp.159-181, Reidel
- 1979
- Catalogue of Tibetan Works Kept in Joraku-ji Temple Library (Studia Asiatica No. 4), The Department of Indian Philosophy, Nagoya University
- 1974
- "A Study of Buddhapalita's Mulamadhyamakavrtti(1)", The journal of the faculty of Literature, Nagoya University. pp.63:1-19
- 1974
- "A Note on Sa skya pa's lam hbras Doctrine", Japanese Association for Tibetan Studies, No.20
- 1971
- "A Sixth-Century Manual of Indian Logic" Journal of Indian Philosophy, Vol.1, Part 2: 111-145, Dordrecht-Holland
Exhibitions:
- 2003
- special exhibition: Mandala - Deities of Tibetan and Nepalese Buddhism (March 13, 2003 - June 17, 2003)