Historical study on the start of primary education in various regions of modern Hokkaido

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K04204
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: Inoue Takaaki 北海道大学, 大学文書館, 准教授 (90312420)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 開拓使 / 初等教育 / 北海道

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The school opening situation in Hokkaido Colonial Office era greatly varied according to a local characteristic. In the Sapporo area where families of the warrior class emigrated to in a group, the Colonial Office supported the opening of the schools as a part to arrange the settlements. On the other hand, in the Southern Hokkaido that Japanese emigrated before the Meiji Restoration and formed regional foundation to some extent, the Colonial Office was going to introduce the school district system based on "Gakuseui", the Education System Order in 1872, like other districts of Japan, but came to a deadlock. It was necessary to hurry the opening of schools for immigrants in the Sapporo area, but it was not in the Southern Hokkaido, because inhabitants from the past have already formed an area. Therefore, the Southern Hokkaido was behind with the opening of the schools than the Sapporo area.

Free Research Field

日本教育史