Ryukoku University Homepage (English) - Ryukoku University was founded as a boarding school in 1639 by the Hongwanji Buddhist denomination. Today the university has seven faculties, a Junior College and six graduate schools, distributed among two campuses in the city of Kyoto and one in nearby Shiga Prefecture. Among the approximately 18,000 students there are about 250 foreign students from many countries around the world. -- http://www.ryukoku.ac.jp/english/english1/index.html Society: Religion and Spirituality: Buddhism: Lineages: Pure Land and Shin(1)