Bansho shirabesho
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- Japanese: 洋学所 (yôgakusho)
The Yôgakusho was an institute established by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1855 for the study and teaching of Western Studies. It was established on the former site of a firefighters' station in Ogawamachi, in the Kanda neighborhood of Edo.
Scholars such as Koga Kin'ichirô and Mitsukuri Genpo were appointed to prominent positions in the school.
References
- Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 102, 110, 121.
