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学
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Western school; school dedicated to the study of the West and Western languages (late Edo and Meiji periods)
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han school; school established by a daimyo for educating the children of the domain's retainers
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scholar of Western sciences (by means of the Dutch language; during the Edo period); rangaku scholar
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imperial university; university founded by the Empire of Japan between 1886 and 1939
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Imperial University (name of the University of Tokyo between 1886 and 1897)
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normal school (Japan; 1872-1947); teachers' training college
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elementary school (in Japan; 1886-1941); primary school
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higher normal school; pre-war public school that trained male teachers
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military preparatory school (for the Imperial Japanese Army)
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evacuation of school children (from major cities to more rural areas, esp. during late World War II)
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higher commercial school (pre-WWII); commercial college
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Sekimon Shingaku; Edo-period moral philosophy that blended Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings
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literary revolution (of China; post-1917 emphasis on vernacular forms)