# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masao-abe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:05:39.322Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masao-abe"
name: "Masao Abe"
slug: "masao-abe"
description: "Masao Abe  was a Japanese Buddhist philosopher and religious studies scholar who was emeritus professor at Nara University. He is best known for his work in comparative religion, developing a Buddhist-Christian interfaith dialogue which later also included Judaism. His mature views were developed within the Kyoto School of philosophy. According to Christopher Ives: \"Since the death of D. T. Suzuki in 1966, Masao Abe has served as the main representative of Zen Buddhism in Europe and North America.\""
tagline: "Japanese Buddhist, professor in religious studies"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/Masao_Abe_Philosopher.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1915"
deathDate: "2006-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3164556962025316
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ماساو آبي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Masao Abe"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Abe_(buddhistischer_Philosoph)"
    title: "Masao Abe (buddhistischer Philosoph)"
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    title: "Masao Abe"
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    title: "Masao Abe"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Maszao"
    title: "Abe Maszao"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Abe"
    title: "Masao Abe"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E9%83%A8%E6%AD%A3%E9%9B%84"
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    title: "Masao Abe"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump