National Academy (Ryukyu)

• Established: 1796
• Japanese: 国学 (kokugaku)

The National Academy of the Ryûkyû Kingdom, based on the model of that in Beijing, was the highest educational institution in the 19th century kingdom.

Established in 1798 and named the "National Academy" in 1801, the school was staffed chiefly by scholars from Kumemura. A shrine to Confucius was established on the grounds in 1837.

References

• Liao Zhenpei 廖真珮, "Ryûkyû kyûtei ni okeru Chûgoku kei ongaku no ensô to denshô - uzagaku wo chûshin ni" 「琉球宮廷における中国系音楽の演奏と伝承－御座楽を中心に－」, Uzagaku no fukugen ni mukete 御座楽の復元に向けて, Naha, Okinawa: Uzagaku fukugen ensô kenkyûkai 御座楽復元演奏研究会 (2007), 80.
• Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô 31 (2006), 233.