Yehan Numata

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Yehan Numata (沼田 恵範, Numata Ehan, 12 April 1897 – 4 May 1994)[1] was a Japanese industrialist and Buddhist missionary.

Yehan Numata
Born(1897-04-12)April 12, 1897
 Japan Hiroshima Prefecture
DiedMay 4, 1994(1994-05-04) (aged 97)
Occupation(s)Japanese industrialist and Buddhist missionary

Early life

Born in

Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism. He studied at Kyoto Heian Junior High School (today Heian High School) and was ordained a priest and sent to the United States as a missionary. He studied mathematics at Hollywood High School and obtained a degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley
.

During his time in the United States, he established Pacific World,

Nishi Honganji and Shibusawa Eiichi
, the publication ran out of funds and closed after four years.

Business career

He returned to Japan at the age of 33 and was employed as a statistician by the Japanese government. In 1936 he left his government job to found a company, Mitutoyo, which was the first Japanese company to manufacture precision micrometers.[4] The company was successful, primarily due to army contracts and later as a result of the Japanese economic miracle, and eventually diversified into a variety of precision measuring instruments.

Missionary career

In 1965, Numata founded the

Shin Buddhism throughout the Western world, establishing temples in Virginia (such as Ekoji Buddhist Temple)[6] and Germany[1]
as well as providing various Buddhist scholarships.

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9789004164710
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  2. ISBN 9780520213012
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  3. ISBN 9780253333926
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  4. ^ Arai, Tadao (1986). The 50-Year History of Mituyo. Mitutoyo Mfg. Company. pp. 25–27.
  5. ^ "Tripiṭaka". BDK America. Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  6. ^ Spencer, Paul (2018-02-27). "Om Sweet Om". Style Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
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