This paper considers the structure of personnel transfers in Imperial Japan through an analysis of teacher transfers. By focusing on secondary school teachers on the Imperial Japanese occupied territory of Qindao, this paper reveals the formation of a "teacher's network" that coalesced around the hiring and transfer of teachers In addition, this paper examines employment patterns from the viewpoint "circulation" of a teacher's network that occurred between Imperial Japan's "home" and "outer" (occupied) territories, during the civil administration period from October 1917 until December 1922. This paper makes the following conclusions: (1) The majority of Qindao secondary school teachers graduated from Hiroshima Advanced Teacher Training School. The army acknowledged its involvement in teaching personnel affairs of Qindao Higher Girls' School. Unlike other secondary schools in Qindao, however, the ratio of graduates from Hiroshima Advanced Teacher Training School was lower because most instructors were female. Despite a shortage of documents recording actual military involvement, it is still possible to determine that most teachers were graduates from Hiroshima Advanced Teacher Training School. Also, most of the teachers who were transferred to the "outer" territories, and who eventually became the school principals, were graduates from Hiroshima Advanced Teacher Training School. (2) By focusing analysis on the graduates of the Hiroshima Advanced Teaching Training School, it is possible to determine the route of "circulation" for teachers transferring from "home" to "outer" territories. Two transfer patterns for graduates teaching in the Qindao Higher Girls' School become apparent, namely those transferring between "outer" territories such as Korea and Karafuto, and those who returned back to the "home" territories. Particularly when the latter pattern is examined, a detailed image of teacher "circulation" can be constructed easily. Second, three transfer patterns appear when analyzing graduates teaching in QIndao secondary schools, namely those who were transferred from "home" territories, those who were transferred among the "outer" territories, and those who remained with the same schools. (3) The use of diaries written by teachers at QIndao secondary schools reveal thespecific process of involvement of the Graduates' Association.
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