“Bansho-shirabesho” (the National Institute of Foreign Languages) was established in 1856, with the objective of studying and teaching Western learning. It belonged to the Tokugawa shogunate and was on a high academic level at that time. Only Dutch was taught at first, and in 1860 the English teaching started out of necessity.
It is the intention of this paper to explain how the English teaching was given in that institute.