Meirinkan
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Meirinkan was a han school located in the Chōshū Domain of Japan. The school was one of the three major domain academies in Bakumatsu period Japan, along with the Kōdōkan in Mito Domain and Shizutani
Hagi Municipal Meirin Elementary School, built on the site of the former Hagi Meirin-kan school.
Former Meirinkan School
Hagi-Meirinkan 2nd Bldg (World Heritage Guidance Center)
South gate
Miura Gorō
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Viscount Miura Gorō was a prominent samurai, and a lieutenant general in the early Imperial Japanese Army; he is notable for orchestrating the murder of Queen Min of Korea in 1895.
Meirinkan
…intellects Yoshida Shōin and Takasugi Shinsaku were both students at the Meirinkan. Other distinguished graduates include Japanese Imperial Army officer Miura Gorō, diplomat Aoki Shūzō and Kido Takayoshi, Meiji Restoration hero and Meiji statesman. Yamaguchi Meirinkan (山口明倫館) was moved to a large site called…
Miura Goro