63 Initially the Philosophy Academy did not have its own independent schoolhouse and rented a space for its classes near the University of Tokyo at Rinshōin, a temple of the Rinzai school of Zen-Bud-dhism (Myōshinji branch), located in Tatsuokachō, Hongō ward (present-day Yushima, Bunkyō ward). The opening ceremony was held on September sixteenth 1887 in the precincts of the temple. The ceremony began at around one in the afternoon. First of all, Enryō, as academy director, took his place in front of the assembled guests and students and spoke on the objectives of opening the acad-emy. Then, Toyama Masakazu, dean of the Liberal Arts College of the Imperial University, gave a congratulatory speech entitled “The Popularization of Philosophy.” Following, TANAHASHI Ichirō gave a speech entitled “The Essentials of Philosophy” and TATSUMI Kojirō presented one entitled “The Benefits of Philosophy for the World.” Apparently, many of the guests were graduates of the Imperial Uni-versity and scholar monks from the various Buddhist schools. The ceremony was reported on at the time in the newspapers Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun and Yubin Hochi Shimbun. The speech given by Inoue Enryō at the opening ceremony elab-orated on “The Objective of Founding the Philosophy Academy.” He summarized the three target audiences of education at the Acad-emy as follows. First, those who were unable to learn when they were young and seek swift results; second, those unable to enter a univer-sity due to a lack of funds; and, third, those unfamiliar with the orig-inal texts and cannot understand Western languages. The Philosophy Academy Opening Ceremony
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