From Toa Dobun Shoin University（東亜同文書院大学）to Aichi University（愛知大学）
Japan-China Trade InstituteThe commemorative photograph of thegraduation ceremony (1893)
This photograph shows students at theJapan-China Trade Institute.
This institute was founded in 1890 in
Shanghai by Arao Sei (1859~1896) toeducate young people who could work inboth Japan and China.

This calligraphy is written by Arao Sei. Tohosai < 東方斎 > at theend of the passage is Arao’s pen name. This sentence means about“people are basicly deep in their hearts”

A photograph of the Chinese class
Teaching of Chinese in Toa Dobun Shoin wasexcellent. Each class was taught by both Japaneseand Chinese teachers.
A few Chinese textbooks were edited within thecampus based on this experience of teaching.

「清襟凝遠巻松江萬頃之秋妙年縦横挽崑崙一峰之秀」
Hanging scroll written by Konoe Atsumaro
Kazan < 霞山 > is Konoe Atsumaro’s pen name.
「丹心照萬古」Hanging scroll written by Konoe Fumimaro
The sentence means that the light of a loyal heart
shines for ever, and it comes from the poem by Yang
Ji Sheng in the Ming dynasty.

The calligraphy written by Nezu HajimeThis sentence means that sincerity is above
everything.
It comes from Chuyou < 中庸 >,a Chinese classic.
Nezu’s thought is said to have been affected byConfucianism, as expressed in Yomeigaku < 陽明学 >.

① The Kuishuli Campus② The Haskell Road temporary Campus③ The Hongqiao Road Campus④ The Haige Road temporary Campus

The movements of the campus of Toa Dobun Shoin
Toa Dobun Shoin had to move its campus four times due to changing
conditions in China.
Passport
This is a passport issued by the Chinese
government, which was needed by thestudents to travel in China. With thispassport students of Dobun Shoin were
sure of their security during the journey.
On this passport, which was the size of asmall newspaper, the name of the traveler
and the travel route were written.

Pictures during the Great Journeys
These sketches were drawn by Anzawa Takao (25th class) in 1928 in
the investigation travel of Yunnan in China and around Myanmar.

A scene of “Nianshu”< 念書 >Everyday, morning and evening, “Nianshu” wasseen at the Toa Dobun Shoin campus.
The senior students taught younger students
Chinese pronunciation.
“Nianshu” is Chinese and it means ‘reading books
but the purpose was to learn correct
pronunciation’.

“Kagosuihen”< 華語萃編 >“Kagosuihen” is the first complete Chinese textbook
edited at the campus of Toa Dobun Shoin.
Including the conversations learned in the Great
Journeys, it was very practical. It was revised
several times as it gained popularity.

The school badge of Toa Dobun Shoin
The school badge of Toa Dobun Shoin isdesigned from the characters of Dobun＜同文＞.

The school cap of Toa Dobun Shoin
This cap is a replica of the school cap worn on
by the students of Toa Dobun Shoin.
It gives us the atmosphere of the college life atthat time.

“Ichidodofu”(Yi Dao Tong Feng)
This calligraphy is written by Li Yuan Hong. Li (1866~1928) was
the third and the sixth President in the Republic of China. It waspresented in memory of the 20th anniversary of the foundation ofToa Dobun Shoin. It explains the relationship between thecalligrapher and Toa Dobun Shoin.

The map, of the Great Journeys
The map, of the Great Journeys undertaken by the students
from the 5th class to the 23rd class.
We can understand from this map that the students investigated
not only the main areas of China but also far remoter regions.

The photograph in Toa Dobun Shoin University
undergraduates’meeting. (Nov. 28, 1951, Taipei)
40 undergraduates met together at Taipei in Taiwan after W.W.
Ⅱ. They were Taiwanese, Chinese, and Japanese. This was avery unusual event. Jian Kun Tian < 簡昆田> in Taiwan
offered this photograph.

The Reports after the Great Journeys of investigation
These reports are kept in the Aichi University Library inToyohashi,Japan. The Great Journeys of investigation took placein the summer. After the journeys students wrote “Great Journey
Investigation Reports” in the fall and the winter, and thesereports were treated as graduation theses. To understand thesehandwritten reports, it is necessary to read carefully.

The Student Records of Toa Dobun Shoin
They are kept in Aichi University. In 1946, the teachers and the students ofToa Dobun Shoin divided up the student records and lists of grades andbrought them back to Japan. There was no other Japanese university in aforeign country which brought all the student records and lists of grades back.

Homma Kiichi (1891~1987)
He was the professor of Tokyo Commercial University
and a lawyer, and in 1940 got his post at Toa Dobun
Shoin. He was the last president of the Toa Dobun
Shoin University and played a great role in thefoundation of Aichi University. He was the second andfourth president of Aichi University.

The Great Chinese-Japanese Dictionary
This Dictionary has an electric version, and is ready forthe third revision.