[本刊讯] 日本东京大学名誉教授、中国社会科学文献信息中心客座研究员、著名佛教史专家镰田茂雄先生因病医治无效，于2001年5月12日不幸逝世，享年74岁。中国社会科学院世界宗教研究所5月14日发去唁电，对镰田茂雄先生的逝世表示深切哀悼。任继愈、杜继文、孔繁、吴云贵、卓新 Honorary Professor at the University of Tokyo in Japan, Visiting Fellow at the Chinese Social Science Documentation and Information Center, and renowned Buddhist historian Mr. Maeda Kamada, who died in the illness on May 12, 2001, died at the age of 74. On May 14, the Institute of World Religions of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences sent a telegram of condolences and expressed its deep condolences on the death of Mr. Maneda Kamada. Ren Jiyu, Du Jifen, Kong Fan, Wu Yungui, Zhuo new