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Page ix
... affords an extremely diffi- cult study ; and , of them all , that which is the sub- ject of this book is perhaps the most complicated . The old Japan , in practically all its phases , has been thoroughly thrashed out by many competent ...
... affords an extremely diffi- cult study ; and , of them all , that which is the sub- ject of this book is perhaps the most complicated . The old Japan , in practically all its phases , has been thoroughly thrashed out by many competent ...
Page 17
... affording a place where official and other receptions on Euro- pean lines could be held , and dinners given as occa- sion demanded , and the ordinary visitor who puts up there does so at his own risk . He finds plenty of managers and ...
... affording a place where official and other receptions on Euro- pean lines could be held , and dinners given as occa- sion demanded , and the ordinary visitor who puts up there does so at his own risk . He finds plenty of managers and ...
Page 36
... afforded by a bamboo rod simply floating on the water . Well , some of this is true and some is not , as is usually the case with regard to accepted notions of Japanese methods . As a matter of fact , in such Japanese hotels as are ...
... afforded by a bamboo rod simply floating on the water . Well , some of this is true and some is not , as is usually the case with regard to accepted notions of Japanese methods . As a matter of fact , in such Japanese hotels as are ...
Page 60
... affording a representative and moderate opinion as held by the better - class Japanese of to - day , and I quote them as such . There still remain fiery orators who advocate the suppression of all foreigners from time to time , but the ...
... affording a representative and moderate opinion as held by the better - class Japanese of to - day , and I quote them as such . There still remain fiery orators who advocate the suppression of all foreigners from time to time , but the ...
Page 62
... afforded by this particular code , with its narrow scope , was soon followed and improved upon . The educational circle soon after expanded until it em- braced the samurai , who , as a class , can perhaps best be described as ...
... afforded by this particular code , with its narrow scope , was soon followed and improved upon . The educational circle soon after expanded until it em- braced the samurai , who , as a class , can perhaps best be described as ...
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Page 64 - Japan, published in 1872, he directed that "henceforth Education shall be so diffused that there may not be a village with an ignorant family, nor a family with an ignorant member.
Page xi - Ransome, Stafford. Japan in transition: a comparative study of the progress, policy and methods of the Japanese since their war with China, 277 pp., 1899.
Page 72 - Elementary schools are designed to give children the rudiments of moral education specially adapted to make of them good members of the community, together with such general knowledge and skill as are necessary for the practical duties of life, due attention being paid to their bodily development.
Page 75 - As regards the length of the courses of study, it should be mentioned here that the course of medicine extends over four years, while in the College of Law, no definite term of study is fixed, but three examination periods are specially prescribed for each course.
Page 74 - Engineering includes the nine courses of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture, Technology of Arms, Electrical Engineering, Architecture, Applied Chemistry, Technology of Explosives, and Mining and Metallurgy, with 29 professorial chairs.