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Despite the interest in and the availability of literature about education in Japan, this book is a translation of the first work written in Japanese on the history of literacy in Japan.

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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 mak

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