日新館は、福島県会津若松市にある会津藩の藩校。
白虎隊をはじめ、戊辰戦争やその後に活躍する人材を数多く輩出した。
会津藩における教育のはじまりは、日新館創設より遡ること寛文4（1664）年、日本初の民間が創設した庶民のための学問所「稽古堂（けいこどう）」とされる。
江戸時代後半、太平の世が続き、武士の精神が緩み始めて道徳の退廃も顕著になってきた。
天明2年(1782年)から数年間続いた天明の大飢饉を挟み、会津藩内でも様々な問題が発生。
その諸問題を解決すべく、5代藩主 松平容頌の時、家老の田中玄宰は藩政改革を推進し、その中心に「教育振興」をあげ、これが日新館創設のきっかけとなった。
享和3年(1803年)、五年の歳月を費やし会津若松城の西隣に日新館の校舎が完成。
東西約220m、南北およそ110mの敷地に日本最古のプールといわれる水練場や天文台までをも備えた全国有数の藩校であった。
会津藩士の子弟は10歳になると日新館入学が義務付けられた。
生徒数は1000～1300人ほど。授業は朝の8時から始まる。
各家庭では、入学前の6歳頃から近所の寺子屋などで事前学習をさせていたという。
優秀な生徒は、江戸や他藩への遊学が許された。
慶応4年（1868年）、戊辰戦争により校舎は焼失。
昭和62年（1987年）に會津藩校日新館として現在地に完全復元された。
会津若松城趾西側に天文台跡のみが現存する。

会津藩校／福島県会津若松市
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Nisshinkan was the domain school of the Aizu clan in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture.
The school has produced many talented individuals who were active in the Boshin War and afterwards, including the Byakkotai.
The beginning of education in the Aizu clan dates back to 1664, the 4th year of the Kanbun era, when the first privately established educational institution for the common people, “Keikodo,” was established.
In the latter half of the Edo period, a time of peace continued, and the samurai spirit began to relax, with moral decadence becoming evident.
The Great Tenmei Famine, which lasted for several years from 1782, was a period when various problems arose within the Aizu clan.
In order to solve these problems, during the reign of the 5th feudal lord Matsudaira Katanobu, the chief retainer Tanaka Harunaka proposed reforms to the domain government, placing the promotion of education at the center of the reforms, which led to the founding of Nisshinkan.
In 1803, after five years of work, the Nisshinkan school building was completed on the west side of Aizu Wakamatsu Castle.
With a site measuring approximately 220m east to west and 110m north to south, it was one of the leading domain schools in the country, equipped with a swimming pool said to be the oldest in Japan and even an astronomical observatory.
When the children of Aizu samurai turned 10 years old, they were required to attend Nisshinkan.
The number of students ranged from 1,000 to 1,300. Classes started at 8:00 in the morning.
Each family had their students study in advance at a nearby terakoya or other school from around the age of 6 before entering the school.
The best students were allowed to go to Edo or other clans for study.
In 1868, the school building was destroyed by fire during the Boshin War.
In 1987, the school was completely restored to its current location as Nisshinkan, the school of the Aizu domain.
Only the remains of the observatory still exist on the west side of the Aizu-Wakamatsu castle site.

Aizu Domain School / Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture
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