松陰の松下村塾
安政二年(1855)十二月、松陰は野山獄を出され、実家の杉家の幽囚室に入った。近隣の子弟が密かに学びに来るようになり、次第に多くなってきたため、安政四年(1857)十一月五日、杉家そばの八畳大の小舎を補修して松下村塾にあて、本格的な弟子教育に当たった。さらに多くの人材が入塾して来たため、松陰と塾生たちの共同作業により増改築がなされ、安政五年(1858)三月十一日に完成した。大正十一年(1922)国史跡に指定され、平成二十七年(2015)世界文化遺産「明治日本の産業革命遺産」として登録された。
Shokasonjuku Academy by Yoshida Shoin.
On December 1855 (the 2nd year of Ansei era), Yoshida Shoin was released from Noyamagoku Prison and entered the secluded room of his family's Sugi residence. Children nearby began to secretly come to study, and as their numbers gradually increased, on November 5th in 1857 (the 4th year of Ansei era), eight Tatami mats sized small building, adjacent to the Sugi residence was repaired and designated as the Shokasonjuku Academy, Yoshida Shoin then embarked on formal disciple
education.
As more and more students joined the school, Yoshida Shoin and his students collaborated on expansion and renovation work, which was completed on March 11th in 1858 (the 5th year of Ansei era).
In 1922 (the 11th year of Taisho era), it was designated as a national historic site, and in 2015 (the 27th year of Heisei era), it was registered as a World Cultural Heritage site under the title of "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding, and Coal Mining.