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Title: Things seen in Japan
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Holland, Clive, 1866-1959
Subjects: Japan -- Social life and customs
Publisher: London Seeley
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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thoroughbelief in the benefits of education, and thefather of a middle and upper middle classfamily is as anxious as any Euiopean to 1*5 F Home Life in Japan give his boys the best chance possible inthat respect, and to have his girls grow upwell-educated young ladies. Those who have taught Japanese childrenare loud in their praise of them as diligentand intelligent scholars, who manifest aninterest in their work and a desire to knowthings. Both boys and girls first go toschool when about six years of age—someearlier—and it is the ambition of most of theboys to go to college. In many cases educa-tion is not considered complete until thelad reaches the age of eight-and-twenty, andit is, therefore, not much to be wondered atthat the average Japanese is generally sowell informed. As most official appointments and ques-tions of rank depend upon the examinationsa man has passed, the Japanese parentnaturally regards school conduct and appli-cation to study as very important things. 126
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CELEBRATING THE FEAST OF TIlKIIl FIRST EMPEROR. Home Life in Japan Any success which attends a member of afamily is shared with the other members.This is a curious fact, but the Japanesefamily is, in fact, a little commonwealth.The fortune of the one is almost equallythat of the other—an ideal state of things,which, whatever its shortcomings may appearto Western minds, seems to work admirablyin Japan. We have left a consideration of theJapanese girl until the last, for though lessimportant than her brothers in the socialscale, she is a being upon whom thememories of those who know her love tolinger. Although to most travellers thelife and thoughts of Japanese girls andwomen must ever remain sealed books—forher true charm is not to be learned from thewomen of the shops, tea-houses, bazaars,and places of entertainment, nor even fromthose one sees in the streets and in the 129 F 2 Home Life in Japan temple grounds—one cannot fail to noticeher courtesy and gentleness in almost allci

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