Brief HistoryBrief HistorySchool for the Visually Impaired，University of Tsukuba
| 1875 | Masao Furukawa, Sen Tsuda, Masanao Nakamura, Ginko Kishida, Dr.Burchardt, a missionary of the German-American Lutheran Church and Dr.Henry Faulds,a missionary doctor and founder of Tsukiji Hospital, held a conference on education of the blind at Dr.Faulds' house, which resulted in the organization of a philanthropic society named Rakuzenkai. That is the origin of this school. |
| 1876 |
A petition for establishing a school for the blind was accepted by Masataka Kusumoto Governor of Tokyo Prefecture and the permission was granted.
His Majesty the Emperor Meiji heard of this and graciously granted a sum of three thousand yen toward the foundation of the school for the blind. |
| 1879 | The school building of Rakuzenkai Kun-mou-in (Educational Institution for the Blind) was built on the site of Tsukiji, which belonged to the Navy Ministry. |
| 1880 | A blind boy and a blind girl were enrolled as pupils, followed by two deaf boys. Seiran Ouchi was appointed as the first principal. |
| 1884 | Kun-mou-in,the name of this school, was changed to Kun-mou-a-in (Educational Institution for the blind and deaf). |
| 1885 | Kun-mou-a-in was taken over by the Government and became the first naal school for the deaf and blind. |
| 1887 | The name of the school was changed to Tokyo Blind and Deaf School. |
| 1890 | The school adopted the Japanese Braille system which Kuraji Ishikawa, instructor of the school, created so ingeniously by adapting Braille's signs to Japanes language. |
| 1891 | The new buildings of the school were completed in Sashigaya. |
| 1893 | Nobuhachi Konishi, who was a great instructor and acting principal, became principal. |
| 1903 | The teacher training course for blind and deaf education was established. |
| 1909 | Tokyo Blind School was established by the Imperial Ordinance. |
| 1910 | Noribumi Machida was appointed principal. The new school buildings were completed in Zoshigaya, the present site. |
| 1924 | With the amendment of regulations, Primary, Secondary (General, Massage and Accupuncture and Music Course) and Teachers' Course were established. |
| 1925 | The 50th Anniversary of Tokyo Blind School was celebrated. |
| 1935 | The 60-Year-History of Tokyo Blind School was published. |
| 1937 | Miss Helen Keller paid a visit to the school. |
| 1945 | With the Second World War ending, new reforms began in many fields. |
| 1948 | The School Education Law was enacted and the school attendance of all the dead and blind became compulsory. |
| 1950 | The school became part of Tokyo University of Education, and the name was changed to The National Education School for the Blind Attached to Tokyo University of Education. |
| 1964 | The Rehabilitation Course was added. |
| 1968 | The new school buildings and gymnasium was comleted. (The porch of the former school building which was built in 1910 is now preserved in Meiji Village in Aichi.) |
| 1973 | The school name was changed to School for the Blind, Tokyo University of Education. |
| 1976 | Celebrated its 100th anniversary and published “The History of 100 Years for Visual Impairment Education". |
| 1978 | The school name was changed to School for the Blind, University of Tsukuba. |
| 1996 | Celebrated its 120th anniversary and made a commemorative publication of Visual Impairment Education Today. |