華族女学校の遺蹟碑

It is on the right hand side down a narrow road south of the Hirakawacho intersection. It was built by the Tokiwakai in 1943 on the site of a school in Nagata-cho, where there was a Chinese school for girls.

Kazoku Girls' School is the predecessor of Gakushuin Women's Academy. ****************************************************** ** ** The Kazoku Girls' School, which was founded in Owari-cho, Yotsuya-ku (currently the elementary school) attached to the imperial palace, moved to a new school building in Nagata-cho, Kojimachi-ku, in the 20th year of the Meiji era. (Current official residence of the President of the House of Councilors, erected the monument to the remains of this Chinese girls' school in 1943) The Kazoku Girls'School was merged with Gakushuin in 1897 and became the Gakushuin Women's Faculty, but in 1918 it became independent again as the Girls' Learning Institute and moved to the new school building in Akasaka-ku, Aoyama, on the site of the Aoyama Parade Ground. (Current Chichibu Palace Rugby Stadium) In 1945, the school building of Gakushuin was completely destroyed by a large air raid, and the residence of Marquis Tokugawa of Mejiro was used as a temporary school building. After that, the Gekkoden of Gokokuji Temple in Otowa and the Otowa Kindergarten in the precincts were also used. (The main building of Tokugawa House, which was used as a temporary school building, later became Yatsugatake Kogen Hutte) In March 1946, the site of the Royal Guard Regiment in Toyama-cho, Ushigome-ku was decided to be the new school site. Before the vast site and barracks were occupied by lawless groups, students marched from the Tokugawa residence in the remaining snow in early spring, and the officers' meeting place (used as a courtesy room in the women's club) of the "Women's Gakushuin" When the school bill was raised, it was said that a hurray voice was unexpectedly raised from among the faculty and staff. The women's club called this "staying in the snow." In 1947, Gakushuin and Gakushuin Women's Institute were integrated into a private foundation, Gakushuin. Yotsuya's elementary school was co-education, and Toyama's girls'second school and girls' high school were separate schools. The girls' junior and senior high schools were sometimes called the girls' club. ****************************************************** ** ** It seems that it is.

On the corner outside the wall of the official residence of the President of the House of Councilors, there is the "Kazoku Girls' School Remains Monument". The monument was built in 1943, and the inscription is somehow legible. The Kazoku Girls'School later became the Gakushuin Girls' Club.