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Kaimei School

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Kaimei School is a historic school building in Seiyo, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, built in 1882 and considered the oldest school building in Shikoku. Its design follows the giyofu style, a Japanese architectural mode that adapted Western building forms during the Meiji era. The building was designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan in May 1997. It no longer functions as a school and instead operates as a museum holding thousands of historical documents spanning the Edo through early Showa periods. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Museum 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Uwachō Unomachi, Japan 3
Completed Year
1882 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Museum 2
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Museum, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, located there.
Sources
1. Kaimei School (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaimei_School, lead definition
    Kaimei School (開明学校, Kaimei gakkō) is a school located in Seiyo, Ehime, Ehime, Japan, which was built in 1882, and is considered to be the oldest school in Shikoku.
  • standing status determination
    It no longer functions as a school and instead operates as a museum holding thousands of historical documents spanning the Edo through early Showa periods.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1882)
    Kaimei School (開明学校, Kaimei gakkō) is a school located in Seiyo, Ehime, Ehime, Japan, which was built in 1882, and is considered to be the oldest school in Shikoku. With its rare Giyōfū architectural style on kaimei school was designated as one of the important cultural properties of Japan in May 1997. Today the school is a museum where 6,000 precious documents are stored and displayed including
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2. Kaimei School (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Museum)
Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Museum)
Wikidata item Q3577679, instance of (P31): museum
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3. Kaimei School (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Uwachō Unomachi, Japan
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Uwachō Unomachi, Japan
Wikidata item Q3577679, property P131/P17 (location): Uwachō Unomachi, Japan
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