Nanjō Bun'yū[1] (南条文雄) (1 July 1849 – 9 November 1927) was a Buddhist priest and one of the most important modern Japanese scholars of Buddhism.

[3] In September 1880, Nanjō examined and cataloged a complete edition of the Chinese translation of the Buddhist Tripitaka that had been gifted to the India Office Library in London by the Japanese government.

He determined that the India Office Library collection contained the same works as those mentioned in the oldest Catalogue of the Chinese Translation of the Buddhist Tripitaka compiled in 520 AD.

[5] He did this in part by collaborating with Maeda Eun to compile the **Bukkyō Seiten** (仏教聖典), also known as the 'Buddhist Bible,' published in 1906 by Sanseidō.

He returned to Japan in 1884 and served as a professor or head of a number of Buddhist seminaries and universities until his death.