Private academies of Tokugawa Japan / Richard Rubinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubinger, Richard, 1943- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private schools--Japan--History.

Private schools.

Japan--Intellectual life--1600-1868.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1982]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Prefatory Note

Introduction

I. Cultural Integration and Education: The rugaku System

Case Studies. Part One. Chinese Studies Shijuku

II. Chinese Studies Shijuku of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

III. Nineteenth-Century Chinese Studies ShiJuku: Hirose Tanso's Kangien

Case Studies. Part Two. Dutch Studies Shijuku

Introduction: Overview of Dutch Studies in Tokugawa Japan

IV. Dutch Studies Shijuku in Edo and Nagasaki

V. Dutch Studies Shijuku in Osaka: Ogata Koan's Teki Juku

Case Studies. Part Three. Other Types of Shijuku

VI. Kokugaku Juku: Motoori Norinaga's Suzu no Ya

VII. Schools of the "Practical" Arts: Military Juku, Schools of Calligraphy and Calculation

VIII. Direct Action Juku

IX. Conclusion: Shijuku and Patterns of Tugaku in the Creation of a Modernizing Elite

Appendices

A. A Historiographical Note on Schools in the Tokugawa Period

B. A Note on the "Shijuku-Terakoya Chart" in Nihon Kydiku-shi Shiryo (JMKSS)

C. Development of the Kangien Compound

D. A Note on Currency and Shijuku Fees

E. BriefBiographies of Selected Kangien Students by Career

F. Entrance Fees at Dutch Schools in Edo

G. Biographies of Selected Students from Ogata Koan's TekiJukuMentionedintheText

H. Biographies of Selected Students at Shoka Sonjuku

I. Outlines of Educational Backgrounds and Careers of Selected Early Meiji Leaders Mentioned in the Text

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [266]-273.

ISBN:

9780691641645

0691641641

9780691613956

0691613958

9781400856725

1400856728

OCLC:

889252490