The Penetration of Education Based on Christianity and Japanese Nation Building in Late Meiji Era

In the Case of Hirosaki Girlsʼ School

Abstract

The aims of this article is to elucidate a dimension of modernization of Japan in late Meiji era. It examined cultural clash between Japanese nation building and Christianity that had promoted modernization of Japan. For the aim, we focused on Hirosaki girlsʼ school and examined its strategy of ‘decoupling’