Download or read book An Outline History of Japanese Education written by Japanese Department of Education and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Outline History of Japanese Education: Prepared for the Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876 The compilation of the following chapters on education in Japan was undertaken as a part of the exhibit of the Japanese Government at the International Exhibition in Philadelphia. They were designed to accompany and in part to explain the collection of articles contributed by the Department of Education. The task of collecting from scattered and obscure sources these records of educational progress, and of selecting from them what might interest the foreign reader, has not been accomplished without some difficulty. The early introduction of letters into a country, the foundation of schools, the encouragement of education by the Government, the growth of literature and a literary class, and, above all, the diffusion of learning among the people, are, to those who desire to understand its civilization, important subjects of inquiry. It is hoped that the account here given in regard to the progress and prevalence of education in Japan may not be without interest, even to those favored Western nations whose science and culture have given them their preeminence. In the preparation of the following material so many persons have been engaged, that it is difficult to give due credit to all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
