Editing Judo (section)

===Founding of the Kodokan===
[[File:Eishoji.JPG|thumb|''Eisho-ji'' temple, Tokyo]]
In February 1882, Kano founded a school and dōjō at the {{nihongo3|''Eisho-ji''|永昌寺}}, a [[buddhism|Buddhist]] temple in what was then the Shitaya ward of Tokyo (now the Higashi Ueno district of [[Taitō, Tokyo|Taitō]] ward).<ref>Hoare (2009) pp. 52–53. For location of Eisho-ji temple, see:<br />
{{citation |url=http://www.kodokan.org/e_basic/access_eishoji.html |title=Way to Eisho-Ji Temple |work=Kodokan |access-date=March 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311144955/http://www.kodokan.org/e_basic/access_eishoji.html |archive-date=March 11, 2011 }}</ref> Iikubo, Kano's ''Kitō-ryū'' instructor, attended the dōjō three days a week to help teach and, although two years would pass before the temple would be called by the name {{nihongo3|[[Kodokan]]|講道館|Kōdōkan|"place for expounding the way"}}, and Kano had not yet received his {{nihongo3|''Menkyo''|免許||certificate of mastery}} in ''Kitō-ryū'', this is now regarded as the Kodokan founding.

The ''Eisho-ji'' dōjō was originally [[Shoin-zukuri|shoin]]. It was a relatively small affair, consisting of a 12 [[Tatami|jo]]<ref>Jo is the Japanese unit of area.</ref> (214 sq ft) training area. Kano took in resident and non-resident students, the first two being [[Tomita Tsunejirō]] and [[Shiro Saigo]].<ref>Kano (2008) p. 20</ref> In August, the following year, the pair were granted {{nihongo3|[[shodan (rank)|shodan]]|初段||first rank}} grades, the first that had been awarded in any martial art.<ref>Lowry (2006) p. 49</ref>