Scholar and ethicist. Ishihara was a well known professor of physics who taught at Tohoku University. One of his important theological teaches was that while people “sense the divine in wondrous natural providence,” things which cannot be understood through the natural sciences ought to be left unknown. He also suggested that it “defies good reason to pray to the gods for personal gain.” Ishihara was also a Tanka poet. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)