Gakushūin

The Gakushūin (学習院), or Gakushuin School Corporation (学校法人学習院), historically known as the Peers' School,[1] is a Japanese educational institution in Tokyo, originally established as Gakushūjo (学習所) to educate the children of Japan's nobility.

The Peers' School was founded in 1847 by Emperor Ninkō in Kyoto and placed under the administration of the Imperial Household Agency.

In 1947, with the American-mandated disestablishment of the peerage system, enrollment in Gakushuin was fully opened to the general public.

Emperor Ninko had four maxims inscribed on the walls of the Gakushūin building,[5] including The school was moved to Tokyo in 1877.

The present-day Gakushuin School Corporation comprises the following institutions:[6] In the novel Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima, set in the early 1910s, the characters Kiyoaki Matsugae and Shigekuni Honda attend the school.