start again, using the name “Tōyō,” which in English means “East-ern.” This was fitting, as he had traditionally used the word in terms such as “popularization of Eastern philosophy,” as seen in the school’s curriculum and contracts. On July fourth in accordance with the contract Toyo University was incorporated as a foundation. The university was thus trans-formed from a school that was established and run by a single indi-vidual to one that was run as a legal entity. The foundation was set up with two directors, one auditor, and seventeen trustee board members. Thus, the university was entrusted to a new generation. As already mentioned the establishment of the Philosophy Acad-emy in 1887 was made possible by a donation of more than 780 yen from 280 supporters who agreed with Enryō’s aims. Thereafter, he shifted from personal donations from known supporters to general national donations, touring all over the country to collect the money he used as the basis for the development of the university. It is inter-esting to consider how many donations Enryō must have collected from people before he decided to withdraw from the school. Enryō published details of these donations in the university’s jour-nal Oriental Philosophy, but the full story was not known until recently. Thanks to the research of IDENO Naoki, List of Founding Donors of Toyo University was published and the names of the donors and the amounts were revealed in detail. We now know that there were 24,049 donors who contributed a combined total of 44,943.40 yen. Three quarters of the donations were less than one yen. Enryō wanted to start an enterprise “without any special assistance or pro-tection from outside” and the result was that he implemented his 153
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