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1987 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 418-419
Author(s):  
Janet Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Meiji Period ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
University Presses ◽  
Meiji Era

scholarly journals A Meiji-kori japán nyelv forrásai

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2018/1) ◽  
Author(s):  
András Zsigmond Albeker
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Language ◽  
Congressional Record ◽  
Meiji Period ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
Meiji Era ◽  
Word Forms ◽  
Linguistic Material

While the stenographic records of the Meiji era have been analyzed in thecontext of linguistic research into the unification of the spoken and writtenlanguage (gembun icchi 言文一致), vocabulary and grammar, there is somedebate as to the value of these records. This paper aims to clarify what kinds of difference occurred in the process of translating and typing the shorthand symbols into magazines andnewspapers. It has become clear that the stenographed speeches published in newspapers and magazines were not faithful reproductions of the original texts. Tomake it easier for the reader to understand, mistakes were rectified in the transcribing process, words and word forms were corrected by the stenographer and/or the editor. It seems that- as linguistic material - the value of a stenographic record ishigher than that of a shorthand book. However, very few shorthand manuscripts have so far been confirmed and in genre they are closer to stenographed speeches. We can assume that if a shorthand manuscript such as rakugo落語 or the Imperial Congressional Record were to be discovered, our understanding of the Meiji period Japanese language would be further enhanced.

scholarly journals Education and ‘Civilization’

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2021/1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferenc Takó
Keyword(s):  
Educational System ◽  
Educational Reforms ◽  
Central Question ◽  
Meiji Japan ◽  
Meiji Period ◽  
The Family ◽  
Education Of Women ◽  
Meiji Era

Studies on the transformation of the Japanese educational system in the Meiji period usually emphasise the intensity of reforms and their comprehensive character. In the framework of the present study, I will briefly summarise the central aspects of this transformation, then turn to the examination of the tension manifested in Meiji period discourses on education. This is a tension that emerges when one compares the interpretation of the Meiji era as the introduction of ‘enlightened’ Western liberalism with the ideology of centralised reform, far from being as liberal as reported by Meiji period intellectuals themselves. I draw attention to this tension as manifested in the purposes of Meiji educational reforms, then I turn to the analysis of the education of women as a central question in terms of the interpretation of the family in Meiji Japan. The analysis is based on the writings of the leading intellectuals of the time, basically their essays published in the famous journal of the 1870s, Meiroku Zasshi 明六雑誌.

External-PIXE identification of material for popular music pipes during the late Meiji era, Japan

1998 ◽  
Vol 08 (02n03) ◽  
pp. 155-166
Author(s):  
YOSHIE TOKIMITSU ◽  
KUNIKO MAEDA ◽  
SATOSHI MURAO ◽  
EWALD HENSELER
Keyword(s):  
Popular Music ◽  
The Other ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Meiji Period ◽  
Meiji Era

Two types of music pipes, Ginteki and Suifûkin, that were popular during the late Meiji period in Japan were semi-quantitatively analyzed by the external-PIXE at RIKEN. The aim of this study is to identify the material used for these pipes and to assist the description to make an instrumental catalogue. Our results show that most of the collected Ginteki, literally silver flute, is composed of two parts. One is the whistle head of Pb - Sb alloy with the Pb to Sb ratio between 5.9 and 6.4; and the other is the main body with six holes which is made of tinplate. All of the Ginteki in this study are nickel coated. The Suifûkin, on the contrary, is made of only tinplate and is not coated with nickel.

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