JP 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Meiji Period, Terakoya, 6 Years
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[note: * = important to remember for the upcoming quiz] Almost all samurai men and women were literate. A lot of commoners had basic literacy during the tokugawa and meiji periods. After age 7, classes segregated according to sex (confucian) taught students basic reading, writing, and math. *during the meiji period, the government realized that literacy was very important for industrialization, nationalism, and indoctrination. *education was open to every child, regardless of residence or class background (bust cost was left to individuals) *the french model of highly centralized education (i. e. federally-controlled education, not provincial or prefectural) *in the 1870s most peasants used their children for labour, and the locals had to finance the construction of the schools. **reasons most children did not attend school in the late 19th century. Tuition: school cost about of the average person"s living expenses. Most common people used their children for labour.
