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*''Established: [[1773]]''
*''Destroyed: [[1877]]''
*''Japanese'': 造士館 ''(zoushikan)''
The ''Zôshikan'' was a [[han school|domain school]] established in [[Kagoshima]] by [[Shimazu Shigehide]] in [[1773]].
The school covered some 3,350 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tsubo]]'', and included lecture halls, a small shrine called the Senseiden, and lodgings for [[samurai]] students who came from outside of the city. [[Tachibana Nankei]], a scholar from [[Kyoto]] who visited Kagoshima in [[1782]]-[[1783]], wrote that it was large and beautiful, the best in the realm (i.e. in all of Japan).
As a result of succession disputes within the [[Shimazu clan]] in [[1808]]-[[1809]] (eventually ending in [[Shimazu Narinobu]] abdicating in favor of [[Shimazu Narioki]]), the curriculum of the school departed from its earlier purposes of training men for service. [[Shimazu Nariakira]] later lamented this change, and took steps to revive the quality of education at the school.
In [[1869]], the school was renamed ''Hongakkô'' (lit. "Main School"), and came to simply accept all students who completed elementary school. Studies were divided chiefly into Chinese Studies (''[[kangaku]]''), National Learning (''[[kokugaku]]''), and Western Learning (''yôgaku''). The school was completely destroyed in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]] of [[1877]].
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==References==
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/culture/culture25.html Zôshikan]," ''Shimazu-ke ga hagukunda bunka'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Destroyed: [[1877]]''
*''Japanese'': 造士館 ''(zoushikan)''
The ''Zôshikan'' was a [[han school|domain school]] established in [[Kagoshima]] by [[Shimazu Shigehide]] in [[1773]].
The school covered some 3,350 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tsubo]]'', and included lecture halls, a small shrine called the Senseiden, and lodgings for [[samurai]] students who came from outside of the city. [[Tachibana Nankei]], a scholar from [[Kyoto]] who visited Kagoshima in [[1782]]-[[1783]], wrote that it was large and beautiful, the best in the realm (i.e. in all of Japan).
As a result of succession disputes within the [[Shimazu clan]] in [[1808]]-[[1809]] (eventually ending in [[Shimazu Narinobu]] abdicating in favor of [[Shimazu Narioki]]), the curriculum of the school departed from its earlier purposes of training men for service. [[Shimazu Nariakira]] later lamented this change, and took steps to revive the quality of education at the school.
In [[1869]], the school was renamed ''Hongakkô'' (lit. "Main School"), and came to simply accept all students who completed elementary school. Studies were divided chiefly into Chinese Studies (''[[kangaku]]''), National Learning (''[[kokugaku]]''), and Western Learning (''yôgaku''). The school was completely destroyed in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]] of [[1877]].
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==References==
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/culture/culture25.html Zôshikan]," ''Shimazu-ke ga hagukunda bunka'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]