Takanobu Takahashi

Takanobu Takahashi
Born	1951 (age 72–73) Mito,Ibaraki PrefectureJapan
Other names	Cao kiều hiếu tín
Occupation	JapaneseIndologist
Known for	TranslatingTirukkuralinto Japanese

Takanobu Takahashi(Cao kiều hiếu tín,Takahashi Takanobu,born 1951)is a JapaneseIndologist,who is currently associate professor ofIndian literatureatInternational Buddhist UniversityatOsaka,Japan. He is the second translator of theKuralintoJapanese.

Biography

Takanobu Takahashi was born in 1951 atMito,Ibaraki Prefecture,Japan. He graduated in Indology from theUniversity of Tokyoin 1979. His specialization includedSanskrit,Pali,and Tamil. He travelled toTamil Nadu,Indiabetween 1979 and 1982 to learn Tamil at theMadurai Kamaraj Universityunder the guidance of scholars such as Tamilannal. He continued his post graduation in the Tokyo University. His thesis included Literary Conventions ofSangam Literature,with special focus on theKurunthogai(in Japanese). In 1989, he obtained his PhD in Indian literature from theUniversity of Utrecht,for which he researched on the Akam genre of the Sangam Literature's love poetry and poetics from 1985 to 1988.He is currently associate professor atInternational Buddhist University,Osaka,Japan. He has published onTamil literature,as well asDravidian literatures.

In 1999, Takahashi translated the Tirukkural into Japanese and published it fromTokyounder the titleThirukkural: Sacred Verses of Ancient Tamil.

Publications

• Takanobu Takahashi. (1989).Poetry and Poetics: Literary Conventions of Tamil Love Poetry.Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht. 340 pages.
• Takanobu Takahashi. (1995).Tamil Love Poetry and Poetics.Leiden, New York, Cologne: E. J. Brill. ISSN 0925-2916.ISBN90-04-10042-3
• Takanobu Takahashi. (1999).Thirukkural: Sacred Verses of Ancient Tamil.Tokyo: Heibonsha.

See also

• Tirukkural translations
• Tirukkural translations into Japanese
• List of translators

Further reading

• Takanobu Takahashi. (1995).Tamil Love Poetry and Poetics(Volume 9 of Brill's Indological library), E.J. Brill. 255 pages. ISSN 0925-2916.ISBN9004100423,9789004100428