The originating postmark shows May 17, 1890 (Meiji 23), Shibaguchi, Tokyo, with the postcard reaching its destination in Kobe the following day. It was sent by Uehara Kigoro of Shirokane, Tokyo. Uehara was a student at Meiji Gakuin. Meiji Gakuin University began as Dr. Hepburn's English school, "Hepburn Juku," founded in 1863. Tsukiji Dai Gakko [Tsukiji College] was renamed ‘Meiji Gakuin’ in 1886 and, in 1887, the Tokyo government approved a move of its campus from Tsukiji to its present location at Skirokane, Tokyo.
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