94 Enryō’s intended to travel all around the country giving lectures and speeches on academia, education, and religion tailored to the re-quirements of each location. From late December he would go to areas along the Tōkaidō train line, from January the next year to Shi-koku and Kyūshū, from March to Chūgoku, from May along the Ho-kuriku line, and from July he would go to Ōu (Tōhoku) and Hok-kaidō. The plan was to widely canvass the general public for dona-tions when giving these lectures in order to open the specialized de-partments that would allow the Philosophy Academy to establish uni-versity-level courses. Kaishū approved of this entirely new approach to developing the school through donations on a nationwide scale rather than relying on contributions from private supporters as they had up until then. Kaishū gave Enryō works of calligraphy to give to donors in thanks. The plan for this nationwide tour was announced in the Philosophy Academy’s lecture records and in the school jour-nal Law of Nature in order to gain the cooperation of the Academy’s correspondence students throughout the country. Then on November second 1890 Enryō took on the challenge of journeying out to collect donations from strangers all over the coun-try in order to overcome the crisis threatening the existence of the Academy. After completing his lecture or speech in each location he would appeal to the audience for support. Unfortunately the result of this fundraising campaign betrayed Enryō’s hopes. The Report of the Academic Year Meiji 24 of the Philosophy Academy Specialized Courses records the fundraising for the year from Novem-ber 1890 to October 1891. Enryō toured eighteen prefectures and 119 cities, towns, and villages over a period of about two hundred
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