terakoyan.

/tɛrəˈkəʊjə/

Etymology: Japanese, = temple school, < tera temple + ko child(ren) + ya place.

Japanese History.

In the Japanese feudal period, a private elementary school of a kind established originally in the Buddhist temples.

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society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > primary school

under-school1629

primer schoola1680

proseminary1774

primary school1792

dame-schoola1817

pettya1827

ma'am-school1838

elementary school1841

primary1851

prep school1862

minding-school1864

junior school1871

tother school1881

marm school1889

preparatory1904

terakoya1909

prep1924

prepper1956

1909 D. Kikuchi Japanese Educ. ii. 33 The name Terakoya, or ‘House for the Children of the Temple’, given to elementary schools up to the beginning of the present era.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XV. 220/1 They [sc. Buddhist priests] organized schools at the temples.., and at these tera-koya..lessons in ethics, calligraphy, reading and etiquette were given to the sons of samurai and even to youths of the mercantile and manufacturing classes.

1938 D. T. Suzuki Zen Buddhism & Infl. Japanese Culture i. v. 106 The Terakoya system was the only popular educational institution during the feudal ages of Japan.

1965 W. Swaan Japanese Lantern xii. 143 The terakoya, or ‘temple schools’ attached to the monasteries, provide the only institution of popular education.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VI. 342/2 As time passed, some terakoya used parts of the houses of commoners as classrooms.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	terakoya
释义	terakoyan. /tɛrəˈkəʊjə/ Etymology: Japanese, = temple school, < tera temple + ko child(ren) + ya place. Japanese History. In the Japanese feudal period, a private elementary school of a kind established originally in the Buddhist temples. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > primary school under-school1629 primer schoola1680 proseminary1774 primary school1792 dame-schoola1817 pettya1827 ma'am-school1838 elementary school1841 primary1851 prep school1862 minding-school1864 junior school1871 tother school1881 marm school1889 preparatory1904 terakoya1909 prep1924 prepper1956 1909 D. Kikuchi Japanese Educ. ii. 33 The name Terakoya, or ‘House for the Children of the Temple’, given to elementary schools up to the beginning of the present era. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XV. 220/1 They [sc. Buddhist priests] organized schools at the temples.., and at these tera-koya..lessons in ethics, calligraphy, reading and etiquette were given to the sons of samurai and even to youths of the mercantile and manufacturing classes. 1938 D. T. Suzuki Zen Buddhism & Infl. Japanese Culture i. v. 106 The Terakoya system was the only popular educational institution during the feudal ages of Japan. 1965 W. Swaan Japanese Lantern xii. 143 The terakoya, or ‘temple schools’ attached to the monasteries, provide the only institution of popular education. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VI. 342/2 As time passed, some terakoya used parts of the houses of commoners as classrooms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1909
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