Naval Training School - Kaigunsourenjo

(1) A naval educational institution of the Edo Shogunate at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate period. It was opened in Kobe in May 1864 (Genji 1). The Nagasaki Ironworks was also attached to it, and Katsu Kaishu, the Magistrate of Warships, was in charge of overall management. Using two ships, the Kanko Maru and the Kokuryu Maru, the school enrolled the children of samurai and retainers living in Kyoto and Osaka, as well as volunteers from the western domains of the country. However, at the end of the same year, Katsu was recalled to Edo and dismissed on suspicion of training radicals, and the school was abolished in March 1865 (Genji 2). Sakamoto Ryoma (Tosa), Yokoi Saheita (Kumamoto), and Mutsu Munemitsu (Kishu) were among those who studied here.

(2) A training institution for naval officers in the early Meiji period. It was the predecessor of the Naval Academy. It was founded in September 1869 (Meiji 2) on the former site of the Hiroshima Domain residence in Tsukiji, Tokyo. Instructors included Kondo Makoto (Hōrin), Tanaka Daisuke (Yoshikazu), and Motoyama Zenkichi, and students were 18 to 20 years old and were tribute students from each domain. There was no uniform, and most students wore haori and hakama, swords, sandals, and had their hair tied up. In November 1870, it was renamed the Naval Academy, and Hyobu Daijō Kawamura Sumiyoshi became the head of the military academy. In 1876, it became the Naval Academy.

[Akira Tanaka]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

(1)幕末の江戸幕府の海軍教育機関。1864年（元治1）5月、神戸に開設。長崎製鉄所もこれに付属させ、軍艦奉行並(ぶぎょうなみ)勝海舟(かつかいしゅう)が総管した。観光丸、黒竜丸の2船を使い、京坂在住の旗本と御家人(ごけにん)の子弟、西国諸藩の有志を入学せしめたが、同年末、勝が激徒養成の嫌疑で江戸召還、免職されたため、65年（元治2）3月廃止。坂本龍馬(りょうま)（土佐）、横井左平太（熊本）、陸奥宗光(むつむねみつ)（紀州）らがここに学んだ。

(2)明治初年の海軍士官の養成機関。海軍兵学校の前身。1869年（明治2）9月、東京・築地(つきじ)の広島藩邸跡に創設された。教官には近藤真琴(まこと)（芳隣）、田中大助（義廉）、本山漸吉らがおり、生徒は各藩からの貢進生(こうしんせい)で18歳から20歳の者。制服はなく、羽織袴(はかま)に帯刀、草履(ぞうり)で、結髪の者が多かったという。70年11月海軍兵学寮と改称、兵部大丞(ひょうぶだいじょう)川村純義(すみよし)が兵学頭を兼ねた。76年海軍兵学校となる。

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