However, having made up my mind to go ahead with the founding — even if I had to go it alone — I quickly initiated the process. As for the documents and other prefectural items, Mr. Hayashi offered to take care of every detail.

It was February 10th, 1912(Meiji 45) when I got the official permit for the school establishment. I was in bed at the time, looking forward to the birth of my second son, Seiki. In this way, all while we were procuring things like desks and blackboards, the name, “Anjo Girls’ Sewing School”, was announced to the world. We were ready to recruit new students for the school opening in April.

The qualification for admission was a diploma from a higher elementary school. In the regular two-year course, students were required to receive six lessons in homemaking, sewing, etiquette, Japanese, morals, tea ceremony and flower arrangement. In the special one-year course, they were required to take only sewing, etiquette, and morals, and only a sewing requirement for the graduate course. The monthly tuition was set at an even fifty sen across the board.