Noyuri Otsuka

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.[1][2]

In 2004, she received an award of merit from the Japan Christian Cultural Association.[1]

References
  1. 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". クリスチャントゥデイ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  2. Japan Profiles: Ten Portraits of Contemporary Japanese Christian Men and Women. United Church of Canada. 1967. p. 98.
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