The establishment of a national education system soon after the Meiji Restoration of 1868 is recognized as a significant factor in Japan's modernization, hence research on education is concentrated on the state system. However, this development did not mean the disappearance of the juku, the private academies which were so much a feature of the Tokugawa period. Indeed, these played a far greater role than has been appreciated so far and this book aims to rectify the omission. This comprehensive study of a little-known but significant area not only contributes to a better understanding of education in the Meiji period but is also relevant to the reform of Japan's public education system today. Education was once viewed and organised very differently from today, and the modern state-controlled system we take for granted is just as much a product of historical circumstances as the juku was; it, too, must therefore be open to challenge.
Author(s): Margaret Mehl, Margaret Mehl
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 200
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Illustrations and Tables......Page 10
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 12
Notes on Usage......Page 14
Notes on Currency and Prices......Page 15
Introduction......Page 18
THE JUKU IN THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION......Page 19
THE FOCUS OF THIS BOOK......Page 23
NOTES......Page 25
CHAPTER ONE Education in Transition fromthe Tokugawa to the Meiji Period......Page 27
EDUCATION AND JUKU IN TOKUGAWA JAPAN......Page 28
THE EDUCATION POLICIES OF THE MEIJI GOVERNMENT......Page 32
TYPES OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS......Page 37
KANGAKU IN THE MEIJI PERIOD......Page 42
KANGAKU JUKU IN TRANSITION......Page 45
NOTES......Page 50
JUKU AND JUKU ATTENDANCE AFTER 1868......Page 56
JUKU IN TOKYO......Page 62
JUKU OUTSIDE TOKYO......Page 66
NOTES......Page 74
THE “OLD GUARD”: YASUI SOKKEN......Page 78
THE MODERN SUCCESS STORY: MISHIMA CHŪSHŪ......Page 87
A WOMAN CHANGING WITH THE TIMES: MIWADA MASAKO......Page 99
THE RECLUSE: IKEDA SŌAN......Page 106
THE COUNTRY SCHOLARS: TSUNETŌ SEISŌ AND MURAKAMI BUTSUSAN......Page 116
NOTES......Page 129
THE MASTERS......Page 134
TEACHING METHODS AND CURRICULUM......Page 145
ORGANIZATION AND RULES......Page 152
BOARDING HOUSE LIFE......Page 163
THE STUDENTS......Page 169
THE JUKU AS A BUSINESS: FINANCE......Page 178
NOTES......Page 183
THE CASE OF AKITA......Page 191
JUKU AND PUBLIC EDUCATION IN CONFLICT......Page 199
STUDENT CAREERS: NARROWING OPTIONS......Page 204
THE GAKUREKI SHAKAI AND THE JUKU AS A CRAM SCHOOL......Page 214
NOTES......Page 219
CHAPTER SIX The Legacy of the Juku......Page 225
KANGAKU SCHOLARS AND JUKU COMMEMORATED......Page 226
INSPIRED BY THE JUKU......Page 234
THE JUKU MYTH36......Page 239
CONTINUITIES......Page 245
NOTES......Page 250
Conclusion......Page 255
IS THE JUKU UNIQUE?......Page 258
THE IDEA OF JUKU EDUCATION TODAY......Page 261
NOTES......Page 262
Select Bibliography......Page 264
Index......Page 272
