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*''Japanese'': 那覇公館 ''(Naha koukan)''
The Naha Kôkan, or Naha Official Hall, was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] administrative office and aristocratic children's school in the Wakasa-machi neighborhood of [[Naha]] used in the 1850s as a site for receiving Western dignitaries, in part in order to distance those foreigners from [[Shuri castle]]. The Ryûkyû Kingdom's Treaties of Amity [[Treaty of Amity (Ryukyu-US)|with the United States]], [[Treaty of Amity (Ryukyu-Holland)|the Netherlands]], and [[Treaty of Amity (Ryukyu-France)|France]] were all signed there.
The Naha Kôkan was one of 21 local village schools in Naha, [[Shuri]], and [[Tomari]] where children from [[Scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|aristocratic Ryukyuan families]] were educated from the age of 7 or 8 until the age of 14 or 15. The curriculum included the [[Confucian classics]], the [[Three-Character Classic]]<!--三字経-->, and [[The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety]]<!--二十四孝-->, among other works. At the time of the [[Ryukyu Shobun|fall of the kingdom]] in the 1870s, the school in Wakasa-machi had one head lecturer and 82 students. Each school doubled as a local administrative office; the Wakasa-machi school housed one ''nakadori'' and two ''hissha'' (secretaries).
The Tomari school was also used as a public office, and was sometimes known as the Tomari Kôkan.
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==References==
*Plaque on-site at former site of the Wakasa-machi muragakkôjo.[http://www.rekishi-archive.city.naha.okinawa.jp/archives/site/%E8%8B%A5%E7%8B%AD%E7%94%BA%E6%9D%91%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1%E6%89%80%E8%B7%A1]
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The Naha Kôkan, or Naha Official Hall, was a [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] administrative office and aristocratic children's school in the Wakasa-machi neighborhood of [[Naha]] used in the 1850s as a site for receiving Western dignitaries, in part in order to distance those foreigners from [[Shuri castle]]. The Ryûkyû Kingdom's Treaties of Amity [[Treaty of Amity (Ryukyu-US)|with the United States]], [[Treaty of Amity (Ryukyu-Holland)|the Netherlands]], and [[Treaty of Amity (Ryukyu-France)|France]] were all signed there.
The Naha Kôkan was one of 21 local village schools in Naha, [[Shuri]], and [[Tomari]] where children from [[Scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|aristocratic Ryukyuan families]] were educated from the age of 7 or 8 until the age of 14 or 15. The curriculum included the [[Confucian classics]], the [[Three-Character Classic]]<!--三字経-->, and [[The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety]]<!--二十四孝-->, among other works. At the time of the [[Ryukyu Shobun|fall of the kingdom]] in the 1870s, the school in Wakasa-machi had one head lecturer and 82 students. Each school doubled as a local administrative office; the Wakasa-machi school housed one ''nakadori'' and two ''hissha'' (secretaries).
The Tomari school was also used as a public office, and was sometimes known as the Tomari Kôkan.
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==References==
*Plaque on-site at former site of the Wakasa-machi muragakkôjo.[http://www.rekishi-archive.city.naha.okinawa.jp/archives/site/%E8%8B%A5%E7%8B%AD%E7%94%BA%E6%9D%91%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1%E6%89%80%E8%B7%A1]
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[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]