83 Bunkyō ward), and would include a new lecture hall, a dormitory, and a house for the director. As a private school its only capital was derived from fees for en-trance and classes. So, when taking on an initiative like building a new school Enryō would have to make a request for donations. He pub-lished “Future Objectives of the Philosophy Academy” and can-vassed supporters for donations. One of the people he met at that time was KATSU Kaishū, a politician of the late Edo and Meiji peri-ods. Incidentally, when Enryō and Kei married their matchmaker was Itsu, the third daughter of Kaishū, who was married to MEGATA Ta-netarō. The story of Enryō’s first encounter with Kaishū has been recounted as follows. the United States and returned home he decided he wanted to promote Asia studies so he distributed a letter of intent to his acquaintances. Of course, this was also sent to Mr. Katsu Kai-shū. After reading he said, “Who is this greenhorn?” and tossed it in the trash. Mr. Megata just happened to be in attendance and he briefly stated that he greatly admired the character of his willingness to meet with him. Megata passed this infor-had been thinking… After Kaishū finished listening to Enryō’s story he said, “That is interesting, you should go ahead with this. gunate fell because they didn’t have money. Go out and collect When Mister Enryō ended his observation tour of Europe and Mr. Enryō. This grabbed Kaishū’s interest so he told Megata of mation on to Enryō. The latter hastened to visit Kaishū at his Akasaka Hikawa residence and shared the ideas about which he However, you will surely need to accumulate funds.” “The sho-
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