Meirinkan

The school was established in 1718 by the 6th Chōshū Domain daimyō Mōri Yoshimoto, located in the sannomaru (outer third bailey) of Hagi Castle, and covered an area of 940 tsubo (approx 3,102 square meters).

Meiji Restoration intellects Yoshida Shōin and Takasugi Shinsaku were both students at the Meirinkan.

Manga artist Yū Koyama's debut title, Ore wa Chokkaku (おれは直角) is set in Hagi Meirinkan.

The Kameyama Campus continued to serve as an educational facility for over 110 years as the current Yamaguchi University School of Business.

Ōmura Masujirō served as an instructor for the Yamaguchi Meirinkan before the Chōshū civil wars.