Jissen Women's University

is a Japanese private women's college with its headquarters in 4-1-1 Ōsakaue, Hino, Tokyo, Japan. The school was founded by poet and educator Utako Shimoda in 1899. It was chartered as a university in 1949. Its University abbreviations are and . Overview University as a whole Jissen Women's University views the private women's university "Shimoda School" (later renamed "Tōyō School"), opened by Utako Shimoda in 1882 (Meiji's 15th Year), as its origin. This developed and became Jissen Girls' School in 1899 (Meiji's 32nd Year). In the early days of the school opening, it was located in modern-day Kudan, Chiyoda City, Tokyo, but relocated to Tokiwamatsu in Shibuya in 1901 (Meiji's 34th Year). With the educational system reform, it transitioned to a university under the new system and became Jissen Women's University in 1949 (Shōwa's 24th Year).