Tekijuku (適塾) was a of
Dutch studies (
Rangaku
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) in
Osaka
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...
,
Japan
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.
, a doctor and scholar of Rangaku, established it in 1838 during the
Tenpō era of the late
Edo period
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.
Its official name was , named after one of Ogata's
art name
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s, .
It was located in Osaka's traditional merchant neighborhood of on the main trading route between
Nagasaki
, officially , is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
Founded by the Portuguese, the port of Portuguese_Nagasaki, Nagasaki became the sole Nanban trade, port used for tr ...
and
Edo.
The foreign language curriculum focused primarily on
medicine
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, but also taught
astronomy
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and other western
science
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s.
The school was one of the predecessors of
Osaka University and
Keio University
, abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally established as a school for Rangaku, Western studies in 1858 in Edo. It was granted university status in 1920, becomi ...
, through the work of the most notable alumni
Ogata Koan and
Fukuzawa Yukichi, respectively.
Graduates
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Fukuzawa Yukichi
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Hashimoto Sanai
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Hanabusa Yoshitada
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Ikeda Kensai (
:ja:池田謙斎)
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Ishizaka Ikan (
:ja:石坂惟寛)
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Ishida Eikichi (
:ja:石田英吉)
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Kusaka Genki (
:ja:久坂玄機)
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Mitsukuri Shūhei (
:ja:箕作秋坪)
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Nagayo Sensai
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Ōmura Masujirō
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Ōtori Keisuke
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Sano Tsunetami
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Sugi Koji[Substantiated in Chapter 9 of McClain, J. L., & Wakita, O. (1999). Osaka: The merchants’ capital of early modern japan. Cornell University Press.] (
:ja:杉亨二)
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Takamatsu Ryōun (
:ja:高松凌雲)
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Takeda Ayasaburō
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Tezuka Ryōsen (
:ja:手塚良仙) - Great-grandfather of
Tezuka Osamu
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Tokoro Ikutaro (
:ja:所郁太郎)
Transportation
Tekijku is within walking distance of the following train stations:
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Yodoyabashi Station on the
Keihan Railway Keihan Main Line and the
Osaka Metro Midosuji Line
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Kitahama Station (Osaka) on the Keihan Railway Keihan Main Line and the Osaka Metro
Sakaisuji Line
The is an underground rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, operated by Osaka Metro. Its official name is , and in Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan), MLIT publications, it is written as .
The Sakaisuji Line is uniq ...
*
Naniwabashi Station on the
Keihan Nakanoshima Line
See also
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Kaitokudo
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Osaka University
References
External links
History of Osaka University
* ttp://www.keio-up.co.jp/mita/r-shiseki/s0811_1.html 適塾と緒方洪庵 慶應義塾史跡めぐり Keio University
Education in Osaka
Osaka University history
Rangaku
Keio University
Important Cultural Properties of Japan
Historic Sites of Japan
Miwa clan
19th century in Osaka
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