However, when the capital city was immediately transferred Kyoto to Tokyo, the initiative of the government in Tokyo shifted to establish "Daigaku" based on Shohei-gakko school from the old Edo Shogunate, incorporating Western studies.
ところが、直後に東京奠都が決定され、東京に移った政府は旧江戸幕府の昌平学校などを基礎として洋学などを織り交ぜた大学設置構想に修正を行った。