In the age of cultural interaction between East and West and simultaneouslyoccurring social change, Shingū Ryōtei(新宫凉庭), a well-known Confucian scholar withan in-depth knowledge of Western medicine, established the Kyoto Junsei Academy(京都顺正书院).Endowed with deep concern and a sense of cultural mission, Shingūpromoted education in the humanities that emphasized Confucianist studies and anunderstanding of Western medicines. With the Meiji restoration, however, the importanceattached to Confucian education at the Kyoto Junsei Academy faded, and finally, theacademy came to be recognized only as an institute for medical education by the public.This thesis holds the view that the history and transformation of Kyoto Junsei Academyis very important for Asian Confucian Studies
