NAKAMURA, Susumu Winston. California 17.3.1908 — Berkeley 15.6.1989. U.S. Buddhist Scholar. M.A. Studied Tibetan at Berkeley under Lessing (M.A.), but never completed his Ph.D. Taught Japanese as Lecturer at Universities of Colorado (in Boulder, during WW II) and Berkeley. Married Fumie Yanagisana, at least one son.
Publications: “Pradakṣinā, a Buddhist Form of Obeisance”, Semitic and Oriental Studies presented to W. Popper Vol. 1951, 345-354; “Pushapa-pūjā, Flower Offering in Buddhism”, Orient 11, 1958, 177-180.
Sources: Stray notes in www.yoshabunko.com/translations/Keene_Seidensticker_et_al.html.
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