"Indeed Fukuzawa was an educational pioneer: he established Keio gijuku in 1858 as ameans of training the youth in Western'knowledge: this academy was the forefather of Keio University-japan's firstand still most prestigious private university."
"This was followed quickly in 1882 by the Progressive Party(Kaishinto), led by the future prime minister, Okuma Shigenobu who also founded the Tokyo Senmon Gakko in the same year; the school would change its name to Waseda University in 1902,becoming Keio's great rival to this very day."