Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
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is a private
women's college in Kyotanabe, Kyoto
, Japan
. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1876, and it was chartered as a university in 1949.
Private university
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women's college in Kyotanabe, Kyoto
Kyotanabe, Kyoto
is a city located in the southern tip of Kyoto, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 65,274. The total area is 42.94 km².The city was founded on April 1, 1997, after the town of Tanabe was reorganized into the city of Kyōtanabe. The Kyō- was added to distinguish it from the...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1876, and it was chartered as a university in 1949.