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After the [[Meiji Restoration]], for a brief period, the academy was renamed the Shôheigakkô, and then the Shôhei-daigakkô, before being made the site of a modern-style normal school (i.e. teacher's college), under the name Shihan gakkô (in [[1871]]; renamed Tokyo Shihan gakkô the following year). The Tokyo Women's Normal School (''Tokyo joshi shihan gakkô'') was then established on a neighboring plot of land. The Shihan gakkô was later renamed Tokyo Educational College (''Tokyo kyôiku daigaku'') and was then relocated to [[Ibaraki prefecture]], becoming [[Tsukuba University]]; the women's college eventually became Ochanomizu Women's University.

After the [[Meiji Restoration]], for a brief period, the academy was renamed the Shôheigakkô, and then the Shôhei-daigakkô, before being made the site of a modern-style normal school (i.e. teacher's college), under the name Shihan gakkô (in [[1871]]; renamed Tokyo Shihan gakkô the following year). The Tokyo Women's Normal School (''Tokyo joshi shihan gakkô'') was then established on a neighboring plot of land. The Shihan gakkô was later renamed Tokyo Educational College (''Tokyo kyôiku daigaku'') and was then relocated to [[Ibaraki prefecture]], becoming [[Tsukuba University]]; the women's college eventually became Ochanomizu Women's University.

Meanwhile, beginning in [[1871]], the statues of [[Confucius]] and others were taken down, and the following year, the [[Ministry of Education]] made use of the site for Japan's first domestic exposition, in which artworks and other products were displayed in a Western exhibitionary manner, as preparation for the [[1873 Vienna Exposition|1873 Vienna World's Fair]]. The show was a juried exhibition, in which submissions were accepted from all over Japan; items on display in the end included Imperial treasures and works of taxidermy, as well as paintings, ''[[shachi]]'', musical instruments, textiles, metalworks, ceramics, and lacquerwares. The Yushima Seidô continued to be used as an exhibition space for some time after this, and exhibits held there are sometimes described as marking the beginnings of the [[Tokyo National Museum]].<ref>Matsushima Masato, "Japan's Dream of Modern Art," ''Remaking Tradition: Modern Art of Japan from the Tokyo National Museum''. Cleveland Museum of Art (2014), 15-17.</ref>

Meanwhile, beginning in [[1871]], the statues of [[Confucius]] and others were taken down, and the following year, the [[Ministry of Education]] made use of the site for Japan's first domestic exposition, in which artworks and other products were displayed in a Western exhibitionary manner, as preparation for the [[1873 Vienna World's Fair]]. The show was a juried exhibition, in which submissions were accepted from all over Japan; items on display in the end included Imperial treasures and works of taxidermy, as well as paintings, ''[[shachi]]'', musical instruments, textiles, metalworks, ceramics, and lacquerwares. The Yushima Seidô continued to be used as an exhibition space for some time after this, and exhibits held there are sometimes described as marking the beginnings of the [[Tokyo National Museum]].<ref>Matsushima Masato, "Japan's Dream of Modern Art," ''Remaking Tradition: Modern Art of Japan from the Tokyo National Museum''. Cleveland Museum of Art (2014), 15-17.</ref>

The site, and the statues, were later restored, however, and the shrine was named a national historical landmark in 1922, before being destroyed in the Great Kantô Earthquake the following year. It was rebuilt in 1935, in steel-reinforced-concrete, instead of in wood, and painted in black, inside and out. The roof was done in the ''[[irimoya]]'' style, with bronze ornaments. The world's largest statue of Confucius, a 1975 gift from the Taipei Lions Club, stands on the grounds.

The site, and the statues, were later restored, however, and the shrine was named a national historical landmark in 1922, before being destroyed in the Great Kantô Earthquake the following year. It was rebuilt in 1935, in steel-reinforced-concrete, instead of in wood, and painted in black, inside and out. The roof was done in the ''[[irimoya]]'' style, with bronze ornaments. The world's largest statue of Confucius, a 1975 gift from the Taipei Lions Club, stands on the grounds.