Kasahara Kenju was a Buddhologist and Indologist in Japan.

With Takakusu Junjiro

Takakusu Junjiro

, who often published as J. Takakusu, was a Japanese academic, an advocate for expanding higher education opportunities, and an internationally known Buddhist scholar. He was an active Esperantist.-Early life:...

 and Nanjo Bunyu

Nanjo Bunyu

Nanjō Bunyū was one of the most important modern Japanese scholars of Buddhism. Nanjo was born to the abbot of Seiunji Temple , part of the Shinshu Ōtani sect of the Higashi Honganji branch of Jodo Shinshu.Nanjō studied Classical Chinese texts and Buddhist doctrine in his youth before being...

, Kasahara went to Great Britain in 1876 Oxford under the academic guidance of Max Müller

Max Müller

Friedrich Max Müller , more regularly known as Max Müller, was a German philologist and Orientalist, one of the founders of the western academic field of Indian studies and the discipline of comparative religion...

 in order to study Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

 and Pali

Páli

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 texts for a more authentic understanding of Buddhist teachings from their original languages as they had previously only used Chinese texts that were possibly dubious translations.

Though very young, they contributed tremendously to the development of Buddhology

Buddhology

Buddhology is the study of the Buddha or Buddhahood. The term is also used as a synonym for Buddhist Studies, contemporary academic investigation of Buddhism....

 and Indology

Indology

Indology is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of the Indian subcontinent , and as such is a subset of Asian studies....

in the West as well as creating a strong liaison between East and West.