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*''Promulgated: [[1890]]''
The Imperial Rescript on Education was a core document issued by the [[Meiji government]] which formed the foundations of aims and attitudes regarding [[Meiji education|public education]] in the [[Meiji period|Meiji]] through early Shôwa periods.
It was drafted with considerable influence from Imperial advisor [[Motoda Eifu]] and promulgated in 1890, and declared a set of nationalistic core principles which would then be memorized by Japanese schoolchildren up through 1945. The Rescript employs [[Confucianism|Confucian]] justifications to suggest an unbroken Imperial Japanese past, emphasizing filial piety, the pursuit of learning and cultivation, the public good and common interests, and personal sacrifice for patriotic duty.
In discussions leading up to the drafting and promulgation of the Rescript, [[Nishimura Shigeki]], a conservative scholar who advocated a Confucianist education (rather than one based more heavily or exclusively on Western modes and ideals), noted the Chinese examples of the [[Kangxi Emperor|Kangxi]] and [[Yongzheng Emperor]]s' promulgations of the ''[[Six Courses in Morals]]'' as precedents in which textbooks on morality could be issued directly by the Imperial household. In the end, the Rescript was issued without the signatures or seals of any cabinet ministers, thus giving the impression that it came even more directly from the hand of the [[Meiji Emperor]] himself.
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==References==
*Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 187-188.
*[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 69.
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
The Imperial Rescript on Education was a core document issued by the [[Meiji government]] which formed the foundations of aims and attitudes regarding [[Meiji education|public education]] in the [[Meiji period|Meiji]] through early Shôwa periods.
It was drafted with considerable influence from Imperial advisor [[Motoda Eifu]] and promulgated in 1890, and declared a set of nationalistic core principles which would then be memorized by Japanese schoolchildren up through 1945. The Rescript employs [[Confucianism|Confucian]] justifications to suggest an unbroken Imperial Japanese past, emphasizing filial piety, the pursuit of learning and cultivation, the public good and common interests, and personal sacrifice for patriotic duty.
In discussions leading up to the drafting and promulgation of the Rescript, [[Nishimura Shigeki]], a conservative scholar who advocated a Confucianist education (rather than one based more heavily or exclusively on Western modes and ideals), noted the Chinese examples of the [[Kangxi Emperor|Kangxi]] and [[Yongzheng Emperor]]s' promulgations of the ''[[Six Courses in Morals]]'' as precedents in which textbooks on morality could be issued directly by the Imperial household. In the end, the Rescript was issued without the signatures or seals of any cabinet ministers, thus giving the impression that it came even more directly from the hand of the [[Meiji Emperor]] himself.
{{stub}}
==References==
*Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 187-188.
*[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 69.
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]