Tekijuku

Coordinates: 34°41′28.5″N 135°30′11.7″E / 34.691250°N 135.503250°E / 34.691250; 135.503250 Tekijuku (適塾) was a school established in (船場), Osaka, the main trading route between Nagasaki and Edo in 1838 during the Tenpō era of the late Edo period. Its founder was Ogata Kōan, a doctor and scholar of Dutch studies (Rangaku). The foreign language curriculum focused primarily on medicine, but also taught astronomy and other western sciences.

Tekijuku

The school was one of the predecessors of Osaka University and Keio University, through the work of the most notably alumni Ogata Koan and Fukuzawa Yukichi, respectively.

Graduates[]

• Fukuzawa Yukichi
• Hashimoto Sanai
• Hanabusa Yoshitada
• （ja:池田謙斎）
• （ja:石坂惟寛）
• （ja:石田英吉）
• （ja:久坂玄機）
• （ja:箕作秋坪）
• Nagayo Sensai
• Ōmura Masujirō
• Ōtori Keisuke
• Sano Tsunetami
• (ja:高松凌雲)
• Takeda Ayasaburō
• (ja:手塚良仙) - Great-grandfather of Tezuka Osamu
• （ja:所郁太郎）

Transportation[]

Tekijku is within walking distance of the following train stations:

• Yodoyabashi Station on the Keihan Railway Keihan Main Line and the Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line
• Kitahama Station (Osaka) on the Keihan Railway Keihan Main Line and the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line
• Naniwabashi Station on the Keihan Nakanoshima Line

See also[]

• Kaitokudo
• Osaka University

External links[]

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• History of Osaka University
• 慶應義塾豆百科No.3 修復なった適塾 Keio University (in Japanese)
• 適塾と緒方洪庵 慶應義塾史跡めぐり Keio University (in Japanese)

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