Nobuyoshi Yamabe

Nobuyoshi Yamabe is a Professor at Waseda University's Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences (School of Humanities and Social Sciences) since 2015. Previously, he served as Professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture (2003-2015) and Kyushu Ryukoku Junior College (1996-2003). He earned a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Yale University (1999) and holds multiple advanced degrees from Yale and Osaka University.

• Current roles: Professor at Waseda University
• Professional memberships: American Academy of Religion, International Association of Buddhist Studies, The Association for Asian Studies

Research interests focus on the intersection of Buddhist philosophy, meditative practices, and visual culture. His work spans Yogācāra theory (ālayavijñāna, bīja theory), Central Asian Buddhist cave monasteries, Chinese meditation texts, and comparative studies between Buddhist traditions. Recent projects integrate digital image restoration with Buddhist art analysis.

Recent publications emphasize Yogācāra causality models, visualization sutras, and cross-disciplinary studies of meditation's mind-body implications. His 2024-2023 articles analyze selfhood in Yogācāra, comparative Zen texts, and spatial practices in rock-cut monasteries.

• Key trends: Meditative theory across Buddhist schools
• Visual narratives in Buddhist texts and art
• Historical development of Sino-Indian Buddhist traditions

Grants include multiple Japan Society for the Promotion of Science projects on digital Buddhist practices, ālayavijñāna theory, and Sanskrit-Chinese textual analysis. He leads interdisciplinary collaborations bridging Buddhist studies with psychology and neuroscience.