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Ryukoku University

Logo: ryukoku.ac.jp3

Private university in Kyoto, Japan

Ryukoku University (龍谷大学, Ryūkoku Daigaku) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as a school for Buddhist priests of the Nishi Hongan-ji denomination in 1639, and became a secularized university in 1876. The university's professors and students founded the literary magazine Chūōkōron in 1887.2 It is headquartered in Fukakusa.1 It employed 1,470 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1639Founded1

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170128 Ryukoku University Omiya Campus Kyoto Japan02s3
Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Ryukoku University (龍谷大学, Ryūkoku Daigaku) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan.2

Corporate structure

Ryukoku University sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Ryukoku University Fukakusa
    • Ruiju Koshū Owned · Fushimi-ku, Japan

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Ryukoku University reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Ruiju Koshū

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • Ruiju Koshū

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1639Founded Founded1

Sources

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