This page aims to give a comprehensive list of Japanese philosophers. These thinkers are listed in chronological order of their birth years. Each name is linked to his or her bibliography. The ENOJP would like to cover the intellectual history of Japan as comprehensively as possible but will initially work on the following thinkers. If anyone wishes to contribute to the bibliography (either as a whole or part), please send us your proposal to the editorial board by filling in the following contact form.
Nishi Amane 西周 (1829–1897)
Nakae Chōmin 中江兆民 (1847–1901)
Inoue Enryō 井上円了 (1858–1919)
Nishida Kitarō 西田幾多郎 (1870–1945)
Hatano Seiichi 波多野 精一 (1877–1950)
Tanabe Hajime 田邊元 (1885–1962)
Kuki Shūzō 九鬼周造 (1888–1941)
Watsuji Tetsurō 和辻哲郎 (1889–1960)
Yamauchi Tokuryū 山内 得立 (1890–1982)
Tanigawa Tetsuzō 谷川徹三 (1895–1989)
Miki Kiyoshi 三木清 (1897–1945)
Nakai Masakazu 中井正一 (1900–52)
Nishitani Keiji 西谷啓治 (1900–90)
Tosaka Jun 戸坂潤 (1900–45)
Izutsu Toshihiko 井筒俊彦 (1914–93)
Ōmori Shōzō 大森荘蔵 (1921–97）
Hiromatsu Wataru 廣松渉 (1933-1994)
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