426 Japan. Department of Education
An outline history of Japanese education. 1877.

AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF JAPANESE EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND ARTS; PREPARED BY THE MOMBUSHO [Department of Education] FOR THE PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1876, REPRINTED FOR THE PARIS EXPOSITION 1878.
TOKIO, JAPAN. 10th Meiji (1877.)
194 p. 20 cm.

[LA/1311/Mo](00002052)


目  次
CONTENTS.
Introductory Chapter. 9
Introduction of Learning. 10
The Great Schools of Old Japan. 11
School-Life in Old Japan. 12
Modern Education. 16
Origin of the Department of Education. 17
System of Administration. 18
Organization of the Department of Education. 18
Elementary Schools. 20
Normal Schools. 23
Foreign-Language Schools. 26
University of Tokio. 29
Professional and Technical Institutions. 31
Miscellaneous Educational Agencies. 32
Books and Newspapers. 32
Libraries and Museums. 34
Chapter I.—General Sketch. 36
First Establishment of Educational Institutions. 38
Foundation of Educational Institutions. 41
Works on Law and History. 42
Decline of Learning. 44
About the Old Libraries and Schools. 45
Schools of Daimios and Private Schools. 46
Modern School System. 47
Chapter II.—Education in the Early Ages. 48
Origin of Characters and Books. 48
Introduction of Learning, Arts, and Laws. 50
Origin and Organization of Institutions for Education, Astronomy, Medicine, etc. 54
Support of Educational Institutions, and Rewards to Professors. 61
Regulations of the University. 67
Regulation of Provincial Schools. 73
Educational Institutions and Libraries at Kioto. 78
Chapter III.—Education under the Shogunate. 83
Literary Institutions. 84
Rise of the Literary Profession. 88
Astronomical Institutions. 93
Medical Schools. 94
A School of Japanese Language and Literature. 95
Early Foreign Scholars. 99
Foreign Medical Science. 106
Printing under the Shoguns. 108
Provincial and Private Schools. 109
Chapter IV.—Education since the Revolution. 113
A Year-Period adopted. 113
First Educational Measures. 114
Reestablishment of the University at Kioto. 115
Publication of Newspapers, etc. 116
Educational Regulations. 117
Revision of the Educational System. 120
Establishment of a Department of Education. 121
An Embassy to Foreign Countries. 123
Code of Education. 124
Schedules for Elementary and Higher Schools. 126
Tokio Public Library. 126
Development of the Institutions of Tokio. 127
Additional Normal and Foreign-Language Schools. 128
Classification of Schools. 129
First Report presented to the Emperor. 130
Female Normal School. 130
Chapter V.—Japanese Language and Learning. 132
Origin of Japanese Written Characters. 132
The Japanese Syllabary. 134
Written Characters of the Legendary Age. 136
Pure Japanese Characters. 137
Composition. 139
Metrical Composition. 141
Chinese Composition (Kambun). 144
Confucian Learning (Jugaku). 147
Schools. 148
Private Schools. 149
Examinations and Classification of Honors. 150
Penmanship (Shogaku). 152
Chapter VI.—Japanese Arts and Sciences. 154
Drawing and Painting. 154
The Medical Art. 155
Materia Medica. 158
Surgery. 159
Doctors of Acupuncture. 159
Calendrography. 160
Chronometry. 161
Kami, or Rioshi (Japanese Paper). 162
Plants used in the Manufacture of Paper. 163
The Manufacture of Paper. 168
The Japanese Pencil, or Writing-brush. 168
Inkstone. 170
Materials for Inkstone. 171
Japanese Ink. 173
The Engraving of Books. 175
APPENDIX.
I. Constitution of the Japanese Department of Education. 177
II. Chronicle of Events in the Recent History of the Department of Education. 179
III. List of Emperors. 191
IV. List of Year-Periods. 192

注  記
パリ万国博覧会に展示されたままの装丁を保つ。
表紙に<Japanese Education. 日本教育>。
表紙に<31>とのラベル。
標題紙に<竹書 No. 468>との印。