Japanese Education

Synopsis
Japanese educational systems changed throughout different periods.  The importance of education is stressed in Japan.  Even the samurai were literate!  Japanese people love to learn.

From the 6th-15th century, education was based on Confucian and Buddhist ideas.  Medicine and divination were taught in schools.  The common Japanese writing script is based on Mandarin. Upper-class people were more educated than lower-class people.  Most lower-class people were farmers, so they didn't have much time to go to school.  Zen Buddhist monasteries were used as schools for several centuries.  A government school was created in Kyoto.  It was called Daigakuryo. After that other schools were created in different parts of Japan.  Students learned the Chinese Classics in those schools.

In the Heian Period, education at Daigakuryo became less Confucian and more artsy.  Poetry, dance, music, calligraphy, and visual arts became the subjects of Daigkuryo.  Buddhist priests became the teachers of the middle class during this period.  A Buddhist monk named Kukai created Kana.  Kana is the Japanese language.  He created a school 4 people of all classes.

In the Kamakura Period (1185-1333) and Muromachi Period (1333-1537), the samurai held a lot of sway over education.  In schools, the arts were replaced with combat training and horse-back riding. Shoguns created libraries that had books on Confucian ideas and warfare.  

Jesuits came to Japan in the 16th century.  They created schools and churches.  Those schools taught Catholicism, vocations, Latin, classical music and Western technology.  The Jesuits got kicked out of Japan because they are evil.  But they had a big impact on Japanese educational systems.

During the Edo Period (1600-1865) a Neo-Confucian school opened.  It was called Yushima Seido. Education became more popular during this period.  The populace became more literate.  The Samurai became government officials at this time.  Prior to this, they were simply warriors.  The samurai received a public education.  Western medicine and science were studied in the schools.  It was called Rangaku.

During the Meiji Period (1868-1912) public education became more widespread.  The Japanese went to Europe and the U.S. to learn more about education.  They incorporated what they learned into their educational systems.  This helped them modernize.    

After WWII the U.S. changed the Japanese educational system so they could be more democratic. This caused Japanese people to become pacifists.  Prior to the tampering of their educational system, they were great warriors.  I guess it was a good thing because they killed many people in WWII.  Now someone should change U.S. educational system so people in the states could stop being so barbaric.  They're like the Mongols during Genghis Khan reign of terror.

Japan has one of the greatest educational systems in the world.  Let's go Japan!  I love Japanese people because they're so damn bright!!!!!!!!!!!!                                    

References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_education_in_Japan
http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/736/Japan-HISTORY-BACKGROUND.html
http://core.ecu.edu/hist/tuckerjo/ancient.htm
https://prezi.com/2bxunvmbsx32/ancient-japanese-education/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_literature
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigaku-ry%C5%8D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yushima_Seid%C5%8D
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