Edo Period Women Education

Edo Period Women Education

read articles and respond to following questions

reading the attached articles and respond to the following questions (300 words minimum)

  • What institutions of learning were there in the Edo period? What were their purposes?
  • What were the roles of family members in Edo women’s education?
  • Why were commoner girls in the Edo period “hesitant about displaying their learning”?
  • What types of literacy and education did Edo period women have access to?
  • What connection/comparison/contract can be made between women’s education in the Edo period and now?

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What institutions of learning were there in the Edo period? What were their purposes?

 

In early Japan, education only provided reading and writing skills.  Among the beneficiary of the education were the children of the nobility and the wealthy farmers.  In the Edo period, some of the institutions of learning available included the temple schools, private schools designed for Samurai, and Confucius schools.  The temple learning institutions provided…

 

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