was the former Imperial university of Japan, founded at the end of the 7th century.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Daigaku-ryō" in . The Daigaku-ryō predates the Heian period, continuing in various forms through the early Meiji period. The director of the Daigaku-ryō was called the Daigaku-no-kami.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).
The Daigaku-ryō was located near the Suzakumon at southern border of Kyoto's grid. In the 12th century, the original structure was destroyed by fire, and it was not rebuilt.Taylor, Insup et al. (1995).
Ritsuryō organization The Daigaku-ryō was reorganized in 701. It became part of the , also known as the "Ministry of Legislative Direction and Public Instruction".Ministry of Civil Administration , Sheffield. Among other duties, this ministry collected and maintained biographical archives of meritorious subjects,Ury, Marian. (1999). "Chinese Learning and Intellectual Life," The Cambridge history of Japan: Heian Japan, p. 361. and those who would carry out the functions of the ministry were trained at the Daigaku-ryō.
The was responsible for the examination of students and the celebration of festivals associated with Confucius and his disciples.Sansom, George Bailey. (1932). "Early Japanese Law and Administration," .
Educational authorities associated with the Daigaku-ryō included: . . . . -- two positions. -- two positions. -- two positions.
History Prince Yamabe (who later became Emperor Kanmu) was Daigaku-no-kami in 766 (Tenpyō-jingo 2).Goethem, Ellen Van. (2008). ; Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794–1869, p. 100.
The institution had become a hollow shell by the Engi era (901-923), but its fortunes revived somewhat under the patronage of Emperor Daigo.Ponsonby-Fane, p. 103.
May 27, 1177 (Angen 3, 28th day, 4th month): A fire burned the university structure to ashes.Minakata Kumagusu and F. Victor Dickens. (1905). "A Japanese Thoreau of the Twelfth Century,"
See also Taixue, the highest rank of educational establishment in Ancient China between the Han Dynasty and Sui Dynasty Yushima Seidō
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