Tekijuku

Coordinates: 34°41′28.5″N 135°30′11.7″E / 34.691250°N 135.503250°E Tekijuku (適塾) was a school established consciously in Senba (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.

Graduate

Ogata's statue

• Fukuzawa Yukichi
• Hashimoto Sanai
• Hanabusa Yoshitada
• Nagayo Sensai
• Ōmura Masujirō
• Ōtori Keisuke
• Sano Tsunetami
• Takamatsu Ryōun (ja:高松凌雲)
• Takeda Ayasaburō
• Tezuka Ryōsen (ja:手塚良仙) - Great-grandfather of Tezuka Osamu

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

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