Kaichi School

{{short description|School in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan}}

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The {{nihongo|Kaichi School|旧開智学校|kyūkaichi-gakkō}} in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture was one of the first schools in Japan. It opened in a temporary building in May 1873, the year after the first major education reforms were introduced by the new Ministry of Education. The school moved to new premises in April 1876. This western-style building, fused with Japanese elements, was designated an Important Cultural Property in 1961. Relocated two years later during work on the nearby Metoba River, in 1965 the old school building was turned into an education museum.{{cite web |url=http://www.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp/tiiki/sisetu/hakubutukan/marugotohaku/gakko/profile/index.html |title=Kaichi School - Profile (in Japanese) |publisher=Matsumoto City |accessdate=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004230913/http://www.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp/tiiki/sisetu/hakubutukan/marugotohaku/gakko/profile/index.html |archivedate=4 October 2011 }}{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/926 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722095811/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/926 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2012 |title=Database of Registered National Cultural Properties |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=27 March 2011 }}{{cite news |url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ek20040115ag.html |title=Meiji schoolhouse offers lessons in history |author=Gordenker, Alice |work=The Japan Times |accessdate=27 March 2011}}

In 2019 the school was designated as National Treasure of Japan.http://www.bunka.go.jp/koho_hodo_oshirase/hodohappyo/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2019/05/15/a1416780_01.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}