And because the young men and other men who were in their prime might go astray, Saigo was asked to volunteer to lead them, then got help from Tsunayoshi OYAMA with Kenrei in Japan, Kenrei 2, and the private school was established at the former remains of a stable around in June 1784 ("Oyama, Kenrei (government general) and Shigakko").
そこで、これを指導し、統御しなければ、壮年・若者の方向を誤るとの考えから、有志者が西郷にはかり、県令2日本の県令大山綱良の協力を得て、明治7年6月頃に旧厩跡に私学校がつくられた（『大山県令と私学校』。