Abstract
The aim of this study is to discuss formation of kambun textbooks in Meiji period, through analyzing kambun textbooks edited by Shiro Akiyama: Chugaku Kambun Tokuhon (edited in 1894, 1896) and Daiichi Teisei Chugaku Kambun Tokuhon (edited in 1900, 1901). A comparison of the two books reveals that educational materials in the textbooks were arranged as a graduated series of lessons. This study shows that during around the Meiji 30’s (1897-1906) period kambun textbooks were designed to gradate educational materials in the textbooks along schooling system at that age. This fact seems to be related with marginalization of Chinese classic materials in Daiichi Teisei Chugaku Kambun Tokuhon.
