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Ashikaga Gakko (足利学校, Ashikaga-Gakkou, meaning the Ashikaga School) is Japan's oldest academic institution. It is located in Ashikaga city, Tochigi Prefecture. There has been some controversy as to when it was built, but it is said that it was founded in the 9th century and was restored in 1432 by deputy shogun Uesugi Norizane who imported many classical Chinese books and many of these are now kept in this school. Many students came from all over Japan to study Confucianism, I Ching and Chinese medicine. St.Francis Xavier noted in 1549 that the Ashikaga School was the largest and most famous university of eastern Japan. After the Meiji Restoration it was abolished. Now it is under the direction of Ashikaga city Board of Education. From Wikipedia under the
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