Download Buddhism Source: http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id

Buddhism
Source: http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=466810
Chinese writing
Source: http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa080798.htm
Confucianism
Source: http://history.cultural-china.com/en/167H2877H8659.html
We can either choose to put these three pictures together in one power point or separately.
A Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto (Nowadays)
Source: http://yaymicro.com/stock-image/a-zen-buddhist-temple-in-kyoto--japan/1187029
In the Edo period
Four types of learning institutions:
Bakufu schools: confucianism was taught to the sons
of bakufu samurais
Source: http://www.grips.ac.jp/teacher/oono/hp/lecture_J/lec02.htm
Han Schools: confucianism was educated young
samurais
Source: http://www.grips.ac.jp/teacher/oono/hp/lecture_J/lec02.htm
Private professional schools: various subjects were
taught.
Source: http://factsanddetails.com/japan.php?itemid=833&catid=23&subcatid=150
Terakoya (private primary schools): the teacher taught
different things to different kids. (Some kids are fighting in the corner)
Source: http://www.grips.ac.jp/teacher/oono/hp/lecture_J/lec02.htm
Confucius (again): the root and mainsteam of Japanese education
Source: http://factsanddetails.com/japan.php?itemid=833&catid=23&subcatid=150
In the Meiji period
Source: http://patrickmccoy.typepad.com/jic/meiji_period/
Meiji Restoration
Two representative people influencing Japanese educational system:
T
Tanaka Fujimaro 田中 不二麿:
 was a statesman and educator in Meiji period
 combined with western educational system
Source: http://meiji426.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html
Mori Arinori :
・4 years' compulsory education, specialized
・A Dual System
・The supremacy of the state at educational level
Source: http://patrickmccoy.typepad.com/jic/meiji_period/
 westernized texts : Katakana (loanwords)
 Was published by literary society
 Primary school readers
Source : http://patrickmccoy.typepad.com/jic/meiji_period/
Ministry of Education of Japan
Military training courses at Osaka Municipal Commercial College
The first women’s university school in 1901
Source: http://www.jwu.ac.jp/eng/outline/history.html
Bibliography :
1) White, Merry I. 1986. Journal of Japanese Studies. The society for Japanese Studies. Vol. 12.
No.1 Winter. PP 158-161
2) Jeffrey Hays. 2009. Last updated July 2011. Educational system in Japan: History,
Confucianism, equality and international rankings. Available:
http://factsanddetails.com/japan.php?itemid=833&catid=23&subcatid=150
3) U.S. Department of Education Study. 2000. Japanese Education. Available:
http://members.tripod.com/h_javora/jed1.htm#top