Public Speaking Hall

Japanese: 演説館 - えんぜつかん
Public Speaking Hall

…Until then, the custom of giving speeches, as was common in Europe, had not been seen in Japan. To accommodate his speeches, Fukuzawa asked his friend Tetsunosuke Tomita in the United States to provide him with blueprints for a hall, and in 1875 opened the Speech Hall, which still stands on the grounds of Keio University. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Speech Hall" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…それまではヨーロッパで行われてきたような演説の習慣は,日本ではみられなかった。演説の会場にあてるため,福沢は在アメリカの友人富田鉄之助に依頼して会堂の設計図をとりよせ,1875年に演説館を開館した。これは現在も慶応義塾大学の構内に残っている。…

※「演説館」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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