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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 Kinichiro|Koga Kin'ichirô]] and [[Mitsukuri Genpo]] were appointed to prominent positions in the school.
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==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 102, 110, 121.
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