D.T. Suzuki, a Japanese Buddhist scholar, was educated at Tokyo University, and studied in the United States from 1897-1909. He became a lecturer at Tokyo University and later taught at leading universities in Japan, Europe, and the United States. As a leading authority of Buddhism, he is known for his introduction of Zen Buddhism to the West. Suzuki authored works including Essays in Zen Buddhism (3 vol., 1927-33), The Training of the Buddhist Monk (1934), Zen Buddhism and Its Influence on Japanese Culture (1938, rev. ed. 1959), An Introduction to Zen Buddhism (1949), and Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist (1957). He was greatly influential in the life of R. H. Blyth.