Tekijuku
Tekijuku was a school established consciously in Senba, Osaka, the main trading route between Nagasaki and Edo in 1838 during the Tenpō era of the late Edo period. Its founder was Ogata Kōan, a doctor and scholar of Dutch studies. The foreign language curriculum focused primarily on medicine, but also taught astronomy and other western sciences.
The school was one of the predecessors of Osaka University and Keio University, through the work of the most notably alumni Ogata Koan and Fukuzawa Yukichi, respectively.Graduate
- Fukuzawa Yukichi
- Hashimoto Sanai
- Hanabusa Yoshitada
- Ikeda Kensai（:ja:池田謙斎）
- Ishizaka Ikan（:ja:石坂惟寛）
- Ishida Eikichi（:ja:石田英吉）
- Kusaka Genki（:ja:久坂玄機）
- Mitsukuri Shūhei（:ja:箕作秋坪）
- Nagayo Sensai
- Ōmura Masujirō
- Ōtori Keisuke
- Sano Tsunetami
- Takamatsu Ryōun
- Takeda Ayasaburō
- Tezuka Ryōsen - Great-grandfather of Tezuka Osamu
- Tokoro Ikutaro（:ja:所郁太郎）
Transportation
Tekijku is within walking distance of the following train stations:
