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Wagakukōdansho
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The Wagakukōdansho (和学講談所, Institute of Lectures of Japanese classics) or Wagakukōdanjo, sometimes romanized Wagaku-Kōdansho or Wagaku Kōdansho, was a major educational and research institute in Edo [1] [2] focusing on Japanese classics and Japanese history, unique in its kind and under the direct patronage of the Shogunate.
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和学講談所 | |
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Other name | Onkodō (温古堂) |
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Active | 1793–1868 |
Founder | Hanawa Hokiichi |
Affiliation | Tokugawa shogunate |
Location | , 35°41′29.9″N 139°44′35.1″E |
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The institute is the source of several important historical documents, collections and publications in several fields (notably history, literature and kokugaku)[3] and its extremely voluminous library is nowadays one of the principal antique documents holdings of the National Archives of Japan. [4]