Aoki Bunkyo

Japanese: 青木文教 - あおきぶんきょう

Born: September 28, 1886 in Shiga
[Died] November 7, 1956. Tokyo. A Tibetan scholar who studied in Tibet under the rule of the 13th Dalai Lama (→ Thupten Gyatso). Selected by Otani Kozui, he studied in London. On his way back, he guided the Tibetan envoy Tsva Titul to Japan. From September 1912 to January 1916, he stayed at Drepung Monastery and the Pungkang family home in Lhasa. After returning to Japan, he wrote "Travels in Xizang" (1920). During World War II, he worked as a governor in the south, and after the war, he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in information affairs for the Allied forces. From 1951 onwards, he taught Tibetan as a lecturer at the University of Tokyo, and in his later years he wrote "Study of Tibetan Chronicles".

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Japanese:

[生]1886.9.28. 滋賀
[没]1956.11.7. 東京
ダライ・ラマ 13世 (→トゥプテンギャツォ ) 治下のチベットに留学したチベット学者。大谷光瑞に抜擢され，ロンドンに留学。帰途チベット使節ツワ・ティトゥル師を日本に案内。 1912年9月から 16年1月までデプン寺とラサのプンカン家に滞在，帰国後『西蔵遊記』 (1920) を著わす。その後ところを得ず，第2次世界大戦中は司政官として南方に勤務し，戦後は外務省，連合軍関係で情報事務に服した。 51年以後東京大学講師としてチベット語を教え，晩年"Study of Tibetan Chronicles"を著わした。

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