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Musashino University

Musashino University (武蔵野大学, Musashino Daigaku) is a private university with the main campus in Ariake, Kōtō, Tokyo, and a second campus in Nishitōkyō. Musashino University was founded based on the ideals associated with the Hongwanji Jodo Shinshu School of Buddhism.

Established in 1924 as Musashino Women's Academy (武蔵野女子学院, Musashino Joshi Gakuin) by Junjiro Takakusu (1866–1945), an internationally known Buddhist scholar. The institution was to be based on the principles of "Buddhist-based human education". Takakusu was a progressive thinker who stressed women's education and involvement in society. The Japanese government conferred the Order of Culture on him in 1944.

The university has two campuses, the main one located in Ariake and a sub-urban campus in Nishitokyo.

The Ariake Campus was opened in 2012, with the university's administrative facilities and some of the departments and graduate schools relocated from the Nishitokyo Campus.

The university has expanded in size and scope since its founding in the early years of the 20th century.

The Musashino Joshi Gakuin is a private girls' junior high and high school located on the university campus and is associated with Mushashino University. The schools operate as escalator schools into the university.[citation needed]

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