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Founding of Japan's First Normal School

When: 1872
Where: Tokyo
Part of: Founding of the Tokyo Normal School, predecessor of Tsukuba

Japan's first normal school was established in Tokyo in 1872, serving as the origin of the University of Tsukuba's institutional lineage.

The University of Tsukuba traces its origins to the first normal school in Japan, established in Tokyo in 1872. This institution was part of the Meiji government's efforts to modernize the country through a public education system. The school was partly a successor to the Shōheizaka Gakumonjo, the former shogunal academy, giving it one of the oldest institutional lineages of any Japanese university.

Sources

University of Tsukuba Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14
Education in the Empire of Japan Wikipedia, revision of 2026-04-30

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