Wikipedia's first sentence called it “university professor and author of many books on islam and other religions”. Today it says “japanese scholar who specialized in islamic studies and comparative religion”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Japanese author of many books on Islam and other religions”. It now reads “Japanese scholar (1914–1993)”.
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Japanese Orientalist, philosopher, professor, and translator Toshihiko Izutsu ( 井筒 俊彦 , Izutsu Toshihiko ; 4 May 1914 – 7 January 1993) 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 , Sanskrit , Pali , Hindustani , Russian , Greek , and Chinese . He is widely known for his translation of the Qurʾān into Japanese.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Toshihiko Izutsu (井筒俊彦; 4 May 1914 – 1 July 1993) was a university professor and author of many books on Islam and other religions. He taught at the Institute of Cultural and Linguistic studies at Keio University in Tokyo , the Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy in Tehran , and McGill University in Montreal .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Toshihiko Izutsu ( 井筒 俊彦 , Izutsu Toshihiko ; 4 May 1914 – 7 January 1993) was Professor Emeritus at Keio University in Japan and author of many books on Islam and other religions. He taught at the Institute of Cultural and Linguistic studies at Keio University in Tokyo , the Iranian institute of Philosophy in Tehran , and McGill University in Montreal , Canada. He was fluent in over 10 languages, including Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Greek.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Japanese author of many books on Islam and other religions Toshihiko Izutsu ( 井筒 俊彦 , Izutsu Toshihiko ; 4 May 1914 – 7 January 1993) was Professor at Keio University in Japan and author of many books on Islam and other religions. He taught at the Institute of Cultural and Linguistic studies at Keio University in Tokyo , the Iranian institute of Philosophy in Tehran , and McGill University in Montreal, Quebec , Canada. He was fluent in over 30 languages, including Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Greek.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Japanese scholar (1914–1993) Toshihiko Izutsu ( 井筒 俊彦 , Izutsu Toshihiko ; 4 May 1914 – 7 January 1993) 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 , Sanskrit , Pali , Hindustani , Russian , Greek , and Chinese . He is widely known for his translation of the Qurʾān into Japanese.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “university professor and author of many books on islam and other religions”. Today it says “japanese scholar who specialized in islamic studies and comparative religion”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Japanese author of many books on Islam and other religions”. It now reads “Japanese scholar (1914–1993)”. Read the current article and compare.
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university professor and author of many books on islam and other religions
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japanese scholar who specialized in islamic studies and comparative religion
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