蕃書 ばんしょ調所 しらべしょではありませんでした
bansho shirabe shodewārimasendeshita

Noun
Desu Copula

The polite, past negative form of 蕃書調所

1. Was not a provincial book-collecting office.; Was not a place for collecting books from the provinces.

Past/Perfective
Negative
Polite
Formal Register