was a han school located in the Chà Âshà « Domain of Japan. The school was one of the three major educational institutions in Japan, along with the Kà Âdà Âkan in Mito Domain and Shizutani School in Okayama Domain.
The school was established in 1718 by the 6th Chà Âshà « Domain daimyà  Mà Âri Yoshimoto, located in the sannomaru (outer third bailey) of Hagi Castle, and covered an area of 940 tsubo (approx 3,102 square meters). It was later moved to the lower Hagi Castle area (part of current Hagi, Yamaguchi) by the 14th daimyà  Mà Âri Takachika in accordance with han reforms, where it covered a total area of 15,184 tsubo (50,107 m<sup>2</sup>). 3,020 tsubo (9,966 m<sup>2</sup>) of the area were used as military training grounds. The han office was moved to Yamaguchi in 1863, and renamed Yamaguchi Kà Âdo, a school founded there by Hà Âyà  Ueda, as Yamaguchi Meirinkan, creating two Meirikan schools located in Yamaguchi and Hagi.
Meiji Restoration intellects Yoshida Shà Âin and Takasugi Shinsaku were both students at the Meirinkan. Other distinguished graduates include Japanese Imperial Army officer Miura Gorà Â, diplomat Aoki Shà «zà  and Kido Takayoshi, Meiji Restoration hero and Meiji statesman.
is currently part of Hagi City Meirin Elementary School, and its ruins were decreed a historic site by the Japanese government on December 7, 1919. Manga artist Yà « Koyama's debut title, is set in Hagi Meirinkan.
was moved to a large site called in 1861, when the school was called Yamaguchi Kà Âshà «dà Â. It was surrounded by a moat, located in central Yamaguchi City. The Kameyama Campus continued to serve as an educational facility for over 110 years as the current Yamaguchi University School of Business. The moat was filled in order to build a prefectural road after the school was merged into the Yoshida (Hirakawa) campus in 1973, but parts of the moat were later restored. The Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art is located within the former campus grounds. à Âmura Masujirà  served as an instructor for the Yamaguchi Meirinkan before the Chà Âshà « civil wars.