Rissho University (立正大学, Risshō Daigaku), one of the oldest universities in Japan, was founded in 1580, when a seminary was established as a learning center for young monks of the Nichiren shu.[4]
The university's name came from the Rissho Ankoku Ron, a thesis written by Nichiren, a prominent Buddhistpriest of the Kamakura period.[5] Rissho University enrolls approximately 11,900 students. It has 14 undergraduate departments and 6 graduate school research departments on two separate campuses.
The Kumagaya Campus is located in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture, approximately 60 km northwest of Tokyo. The Kumagaya campus houses Faculties of Law, Social Welfare and Geo-Environmental Sciences and their research departments, as well as the daytime liberal arts courses for freshmen and sophomores of the faculties of Buddhist Studies and Letters. In 2009, the Kumagaya Campus underwent a renovation.
