Household gave the Academy a gift of three hundred yen on behalf of Emperor Meiji. Enryō carefully deliberated on the use of this im-perial gift and decided to establish an ordinary middle school to ad-vance the development of secondary education. From October con-struction began on a new schoolhouse. This was to become the private Keihoku Ordinary Middle School, which opened in February 1899. Enryō became headmaster of the school and again went on a nationwide tour to raise funds. This school became the first step in realizing Enryō’s concept of compre-hensive integrated education. Next, in 1905, he founded the Keihoku Kindergarten. Enryō’s ambitious attitude of “turning a tough situa-tion into an opportunity” meant that out of ashes of the fire disaster the Philosophy Academy was redeveloped under a new concept. When the new school year began in April Enryō himself stood at a lectern at Keihoku Middle School to deliver classes. The philoso-pher and literary critic ABE Jirō, known for works such as Santarō’s Diary, was the first graduate. The school would go on to produce many other prominent figures in various fields and become a famous Tokyo private middle school. In this way the Academy was able to make a fresh start after the fire thanks to the support of Katsu Kaishū and others. On the after-noon of January nineteenth 1899, however, Kaishū collapsed from angina and passed away peacefully as if he were falling asleep. In July of the same year, Enryō set off on his second nationwide lecture tour. He lectured around the country in the name of social education. It was not until this time that he started to write his own calligraphy to give in appreciation for donations. 115
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