On the opposite side (northeast side of the National Cancer Center) across Shin-ohashi-dori St. from the Tsukiji Outer Market where the fire broke out in August, there is Ichiba Bridge Park in Chuo Ward.
In a corner of the park, there is a monument to "The birthplace of Tokyo blind school, the land of Japan Braille enactment".
The following characters are engraved on this monument.
The birthplace of Tokyo blind school
Location of Braille in Japan
Completed the school building designed by Josaiah Condor in 1879 (Meji 12)
1880 (Meiji 13) Opened as the Rakuzenkai Kunblind House.
1887 (Meiji 20) Transferred to the government and renamed Tokyo School for the Blind
1890 (Meiji 23) Established Braille in Japan
November 1, 2010 (2010) Tateyuki
Special Visual Support School attached to the University of Tsukuba
The University of Tsukuba Special Needs School for Hearing
Monument Executive Committee
This monument is made in an easy-to-understand manner for the visually impaired. The red granite is fitted with bronze with the shape of the school relief, and the chronology of Braille and ink letters is written. The design, letters, bronze production, etc. of the monument seems to have been supported by people from the Department of Arts, Graduate School of Human Sciences, the University of Tsukuba.
Looking at the education of people with visual and hearing impairments in Japan, in 1873 (Meiji 6), deaf education began at elementary schools in Kyoto, and blind education began several years later. After that, I became the Kyoto Prefectural Deaf School.
In Tokyo, the movement to establish a blind education facility began in 1875 (Meiji 8), and in 1880 (Meiji 13), the Rakuzenkai Kun Blind Hospital was opened, and at the same time deaf education is being conducted. Later, in 1885 (Meiji 18), it became under the direct control of the Ministry of Education and changed its name to "Tokyo School for the Blind". After the war, it became an affiliated school of Tokyo University of Education, and now it is the University of Tsukuba Special Visual Support School and the University of Tsukuba Special Hearing Support School.
The six-point "Braille" of 2 x 3 was devised in 1890 (Meji 23) by Kuraji Ishikawa of the Tokyo Blind School. This has been established as "Japan Braille" and is currently widely used in Japan.
Location of the monument "The birthplace of Tokyo School for the Blind, the land of the establishment of Braille in Japan"
4-15-2 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, in Ichiba Bridge Park
Nearest station Tsukiji Station or Higashi-Ginza Station on the Hibiya Line, Tsukiji Market Station on the Toei Oedo Line
