seimei

Updated: May 7, 2025

The Yedo treasury went so far as to contribute a substantial sum to the support of the institution, and early in the reign of Komei the nobles began to look at life with eyes changed by the teaching thus afforded. Instructors at the college were chosen among the descendants of the immortal scholars, Abe no Seimei, Sugawara no Michizane, and others scarcely less renowned.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era