蕃書調所 ばんしょしらべしょ Meanings Noun Institute for the Study of Western Books (Edo period); Institute for the Investigation of Foreign Books Kanji 蕃 grow luxuriously. Read as バン. 書 write. Read as ショ. 調 tune. Read as しらべる. 所 place. Read as ショ. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists