Hosei University 法政大学 Type Private Established 1880 President Yuko Tanaka ( 田中優子 , Yuko Tanaka ) Academic staff 746 [1] Undergraduates 28,000 [1] Postgraduates 2,007 [1] Location Tokyo , Japan Campus Urban and suburban Colors Orange and blue Website hosei.ac.jp Symbol Emblem Hosei University ( 法政大学 , Hōsei daigaku ) is a long-established private university based in Tokyo, Japan. The university originated in a school of law, Tōkyō Hōgakusha ( 東京法学社 , i.e. Tokyo association of law), established in 1880, and the following year renamed Tōkyō Hōgakkō ( 東京法学校 , i.e. Tokyo school of law). This was from 1883 headed by Dr. Gustave Boissonade, and was heavily influenced by the French legal tradition. It merged in 1889 with a school of French studies, T...