About Tatsuike Primary School
Tatsuike Primary School around 1932
Tatsuike Primary School, which has been converted to the Kyoto International Manga Museum, was opened on November 1, 1869 as the 25th bangumi shogakko (district elementary school) of Kamigyo, one of a total of 64 administrative district-based elementary schools established in Kyoto. This was three years before the modern educational system was established in Japan (proclamation of the Education System Order in 1872). Tatsuike Primary School was built without the aid of grants from the Kyoto prefectural government and only with money (2,000 ryo) donated by residents of Tatsuike School District, who pinned their greatest hopes on education.
From the time of its founding, Tatsuike Primary School played a leading
role in education in Kyoto. However, due to the doughnut phenomenon
(cavitation of downtown) and the decline in number of children in recent
years, Tatsuike Primary School was merged with four other schools
(Umeya, Chikkan, Fuyu and Kasuga) in April 1995 to form Gosho Minami
Primary School.
Tatsuike Primary School around 1932
Reference: “School
zones that have inherited the enthusiasm for
education of townspeople of the Meiji Era” (written by Eiji Tanioka,
President of the Tatsuike Community Association), on the Kyoto City
Nakagyo Ward Office website