Tokyo Law College founded, predecessor of Hosei University

Background. Hosei University traces its roots to 1880, when Tokyo Hogakusha was founded in Surugadai, Tokyo, by Tetsu Kanamaru, Osamu Ito, and Masakuni Sattva. The school was dedicated to training legal professionals during the transformative Meiji era, which saw Japan move from a feudal society to a modern nation state influenced by Western legal ideas. The legacy row's 1 January 1881 founding date is a placeholder: no supplied passage states a specific founding date for Tokyo Law College, and the documented institutional origin is the 1880 founding of Tokyo Hogakusha.

Closure and Reorganization. In 1881, the government banned private law schools, causing Tokyo Hogakusha to briefly close. The Koho Bureau then split off and renamed itself the Tokyo Law School in 1883, with Boissonade serving as vice principal. The passage describes a split rather than a reorganization of the original institution, so no continuity of the school's mission is asserted here.

Meiji Legal Context. The Meiji era extended from 1868 to 1912, a time when Japanese society adopted Western scientific, technological, and legal ideas. The establishment of legal schools in Tokyo during this period reflected the broader shift toward representative government and modern legal frameworks, as seen in the 1880 Public Assembly Law and the 1881 imperial rescript.