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*''Japanese'': 洋学所 ''(yôgakusho)''

*''Other Names'': 洋学所 ''(yôgakusho)''

*''Japanese'': 蕃書調所 ''(Bansho shirabesho)''

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]], but was moved in 1855/12 to the former site of the residence of Nakaoku [[kosho|koshô]] [[Takemoto Masatsune]], at Kudanzaka.

The Bansho Shirabesho (roughly, "Institute for Examination of Foreign Books") was an institute established by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] for the study and teaching of Western Studies.

 

Originally established in [[1855]] as the Yôgakusho (roughly, "Western Studies Institute") on the former site of a firefighters' station in Ogawamachi, in the Kanda neighborhood of [[Edo]], the institute was moved in 1855/12 to the former site of the residence of Nakaoku [[kosho|koshô]] [[Takemoto Masatsune]], at Kudanzaka.

Scholars such as [[Koga Kinichiro|Koga Kin'ichirô]] and [[Mitsukuri Genpo]] were appointed to prominent positions in the school.

Scholars such as [[Koga Kinichiro|Koga Kin'ichirô]] and [[Mitsukuri Genpo]] were appointed to prominent positions in the school.

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==References==

==References==

*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 102, 110, 121, 156.

*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 102, 110, 121, 156, 168, 172.

[[Category:Bakumatsu]]

[[Category:Bakumatsu]]

[[Category:Historic Buildings]]

[[Category:Historic Buildings]]