Private Academies of the Tokugawa Period
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Private Academies of the Tokugawa Period

  1. 302 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Private Academies of the Tokugawa Period

About this book

Widening the focus of previous studies of Japanese education during the Tokugawa period, Richard Rubinger emphasizes the role of the shijuku, or private academies of advanced studies, in preparing Japan for its modern transformation.

Originally published in 1982.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. List of Tables
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Prefatory Note
  8. Introduction
  9. I. Cultural Integration and Education: The Yūgaku System
  10. II. Chinese Studies Shijuku of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
  11. III. Nineteenth-Century Chinese Studies Shijuku: Hirose Tansō's Kangien
  12. IV. Dutch Studies Shijuku in Edo and Nagasaki
  13. V. Dutch Studies Shijuku in Osaka: Ogata Kōan's Teki Juku
  14. VI. Kokugaku Juku: Motoori Norinaga's Suzu No Ya
  15. VII. Schools of the "Practical" Arts: Military Juku, Schools of Calligraphy and Calculation
  16. VIII. Direct Action Juku
  17. IX. Conclusion: Shijuku and Patterns of Yūgaku in the Creation of a Modernizing Elite
  18. Appendices
  19. Glossary
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index