85 to Enryō was very valuable. Kaishū then handed him a paper enve-lope, saying, “This is a small expression of my appreciation.” After leaving Kaishū’s residence, Enryō went outside and opened the pack-age. Inside he was surprised to find one hundred yen—a large sum of money at the time. It is said that this unpretentious encourage-ment from Kaishū left an indelible mark on Enryō. On October thirty-first the troubled new schoolhouse project was finally completed. Shortly after, a ceremony was held to commemo-rate relocation of the school from Rinshōin temple to Hōraichō. Two days before the ceremony Kaishū donated a wooden statue of the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī (Jp. Monju Bosatsu), a symbol of wisdom (still kept at Toyo University), and a further fifteen yen as a congrat-ulatory gift. Kaishū was known for showing his appreciation in an unassuming way. Classes started in the new schoolhouse the following day. Due to the unexpected accident the cost of the new school was much higher than originally planned and they were left with a large debt when it was completed. The schoolhouse was a two-story structure with a classroom holding 150 students on the first floor and one holding fifty students on the second. In addition to the schoolhouse a two-story dormitory was also built with space for over forty people in twenty seven-mat (approx. thirteen square meter) rooms. The schoolhouse was owned by the Academy, but as TANAHASHI Ichirō had just founded his Ikubunkan Academy (now Ikubunkan High School), it was rented to him in the mornings when there were no classes. Tanahashi’s academy was a place for secondary education, but students of the Philosophy Academy were also allowed to take
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