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is a private, coeducational university located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The main campus is in the Shōwa Ward of Nagoya City, with another in Seto City and a recently established satellite campus near Nagoya's Takaoka Station on the subway Sakura-dōri Line. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious private universities in Central Japan. 〔http://auabroad.american.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10515〕 == History == Nanzan is named after the forested mountains near , known as , which literally means "southern mountain". The ''on'' reading for "南山" is ''Nanzan''. Also, in Chinese poetry "南山" refers to Mount Lushan until the Tang Dynasty and Mount Zhong Nan thereafter. Notably, the word appears in the classical poetry collection ''Shi Jing'' and the works of famous poet Li Bai. Thus, the choice of name is a celebration of longevity, perseverance, and prosperity for both the school and its alumni.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/Menu/rinen/index.html )〕 Divine Word Missionary Josef Reiners founded Nanzan Junior High School in 1932. Nanzan Foreign Language School was added to the Nanzan system in 1946 and eventually renamed Nanzan University in 1949. In 1995, Nagoya Seirei Junior College was subsumed by Nanzan when the two schools' organizations merged.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/English/about/wel_seihs.html )〕 In 2008, Nanzan plans to open an elementary school, officially named Nanzan University Affiliated Elementary School. In 1961, Czech architect Antonin Raymond was commissioned to design most buildings on the Nagoya campus. It was one of the largest projects that he would undertake. The campus was orientated on a north–south axis across rolling hills and the eight buildings were arranged to suit the typography and harmonise with the landscape. In-situ concrete is used throughout the scheme and each building has its own concrete form, some with pilotis, others with shells.〔''Japan Architect'' (2005), p124〕 Located to the east of the campus is the Divine Word Seminary Chapel, constructed in 1962. This is a building that exploits the plastic capacity of concrete, with two intersecting shells forming a bell tower. These are punctured with vertical slots which allow light to radiate along the curved interior walls.〔Helfrich & Whitaker (2006) p74〕 opened in 1968 as a women's junior college affiliated with the University. In 2011 the junior college campus was closed and reorganized as a department on Nanzan University's Nagoya campus offering courses in English language. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nanzan University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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