Of the language schools founded during the Meiji Era in Kagawa Prefecture, Eika Gakko established in 1893 by Hanzo Okauchi, who learned English at Kokumin Eigaku-kai, was one of the most prosperous private schools. Those schools made a contribution to the development of secondary education in the prefecture before public secondary schools were established, and produced a large number of promising young men, among whom was Bukichi Miki. Okauchi closed the school after eight years, and, then, he studied his English in the United States. After teaching in Tokyo for several years, he moved to Talien and there he founded another language school, Dairen Gogakko (Talien Language School) in 1920.
This paper sheds light on his contribution in Kagawa, investigating the history of his English language learning. His contribution through the establishment of and teaching at Dairen Gogakko is to be reported in another paper.

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