Noyuri Otsuka Explained

Noyuri Otsuka (1924 - 31 December 2019) was a Japanese Christian scholar and researcher.[1]

Biography

Otsuka was born in Tokyo in 1924. Her father, Tomiyoshi Otsuka, was a pastor and the founder of the Apostolic Church. Otsuka graduated from Tokyo Woman's Christian University, and also studied at Waseda University and Clark University in the United States. She held a research position at Yale University after graduating. Otsuka spent most of her career as a professor at Keisen University.[2]

In 2004, she received an award of merit from the Japan Christian Cultural Association.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020年1月15日07時28分. 賛美歌研究家の大塚野百合・恵泉女学園大学名誉教授死去 95歳. 2021-05-17. クリスチャントゥデイ. ja.
  2. Book: Japan Profiles: Ten Portraits of Contemporary Japanese Christian Men and Women. United Church of Canada. 1967. 98.