Kaikaimono - Kaikaimono

Japanese: 開化物 - かいかもの
Kaikaimono - Kaikaimono

...However, it seems better to consider the enlightenment of Japan as a historical phenomenon limited to the period up to the end of the 1870s.
[The ideological character of modernization]
A collection of publications that later came to be known collectively as "enlightened material" offers a good clue as to the ideological character of the modernization movement. These were books that, in a popular style, preached to the common people about the modernization of society, covering topics from everyday lifestyles to international politics, and were published in large numbers between 1873 and 1875 (published in Tokyo and Osaka).

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "modernization" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,一つの歴史的現象としての文明開化は,1870年代末までに限定して考えるほうがよいと思われる。
[文明開化の思想的性格]
 文明開化の思想的性格を知るかっこうの手掛りを提供するものとして,後に〈開化物〉と総称されるようになった出版物がある。これは日常的生活様式から国際政治にまでわたって,文明開化したあり方を通俗的な形で庶民相手に説いた本であって,1873年から75年にいたる時期に集中して刊行されている(出版元は東京と大阪)。…

※「開化物」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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