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Toshihiko Izutsu

Japanese higher education teacher
Toshihiko Izutsu was a Japanese scholar who specialized in Islamic studies and comparative religion. He took an interest in linguistics at a young age, and came to know more than thirty languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Persian,... Wikipedia
Born: May 4, 1914, Tokyo, Japan
Died: January 7, 1993 (age 78 years), Kanagawa, Japan
Spouse: Toyoko Izutsu (m. 1952–1993)
Known for: His translation of the Qurʾān into Japanese
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