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The purpose of this study is to examine the influences of East Asian Buddhist thought on the formation of Kuma Kengo's architectural thought through analysis of his works. Kuma Kengo's values nature and place using his own architectural language based on the view of nature in Oriental thought, and consistently pursues architecture that connects with nature through relationships with the surroundings and architecture that disappears while relying on nature. Kuma Kengo's architectural history is known to have been heavily influenced by East Asian thought, However, the reality is that research on it is lacking. As a methodology to find out the commonalities between Kuma Kengo's architectural thinking and East Asian Buddhist thinking, we examine the construction concepts and characteristics of Madhyamaka Buddhism, and among them, the characteristics of non-self centered on dependent nature and the architecture revealed in Kuma Kengo's architectural works. Commonalities were derived through connection with architectural characteristics. As a result, it was confirmed that Kuma Kengo's architectural work has a combination of relationship, dependence, connectivity, circulation, and extinction characteristics in the extension of Oriental thinking linked to Buddhism's non-self, boundaryless, dependent combination, connection with the surroundings, and semi-transparency.