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*''Established: [[1718]], [[Tei Junsoku]]''

*''Established: [[1718]], [[Tei Junsoku]]''

*''Japanese'': 明倫堂 ''(Meirindou)''

*''Japanese'': 明倫堂 ''(Meirindou)''

Education at the Meirindô focused on the [[Confucian classics|Four Books and Five Classics]] of the Neo-Confucian canon, and on the composition of formal documents for foreign relations.

Education at the Meirindô focused on the [[Confucian classics|Four Books and Five Classics]] of the Neo-Confucian canon, and on the composition of formal documents for foreign relations.

The ''[[Kume soyaku|Kume sôyaku]]'', the top official overseeing the village, visited the school every three or four days (on the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 13th, 16th, 19th, 23rd, 26th, and 29th of each month) to supervise the instruction, and to offer encouragement to the students.<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Kei, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 248.</ref>

The ''[[Kume soyaku|Kume sôyaku]]'', the top official overseeing the village, visited the school every three or four days (on the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 13th, 16th, 19th, 23rd, 26th, and 29th of each month) to supervise the instruction, and to offer encouragement to the students.<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 248.</ref>

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