Matsushiro Bunbu School

The school of the Matsushiro Domain was established in the fourth year of Kaei (1851) by Sanada Yukuki, the lord of the Yatsushiro Domain of the Matsushiro Domain. The nine-generation feudal lord Kokyo took this as his legacy, and the school was completed in the sixth year of Kaei (1853). However, because the feudal lord's residence, Hanomaru Palace, was on fire, the school was officially opened in the second year of Ansei ( 1855). Unlike other vassal schools, the Wenwu School is characterized by the exclusion of Confucianism, so there is no Confucius Temple. It belongs to the predecessor of the modern school. The courses taught include Chinese studies, manners, medicine, and military studies in literature, as well as Western holding, archery, swordsmanship, spear, and jiu-jitsu in martial arts. Wushu is divided into many schools, and there are also subjects such as Western medicine and Western holding. It was very advanced at the time. Now the school complex is preserved almost as it is, and it is one of the few in Japan. The overall building preserves the style of the end of the Edo period, and is now the most important text in Japan.