Former High School - Kyuseikougakko

Japanese: 旧制高等学校 - きゅうせいこうとうがっこう
Former High School - Kyuseikougakko

...The first is the high school established before World War II, and the second is the high school established after the war. Since they have the same name, the former are sometimes called old-system high schools and the latter new-system high schools to avoid confusion.
[Former High Schools]
With the promulgation of the High School Act in 1894, schools that had previously been called high middle schools were renamed high schools, and at the same time, the First (Tokyo), Second (Sendai), Third (Kyoto), Fourth (Kanazawa), and Fifth (Kumamoto) High Schools (abbreviated as First High School, Second High School, etc.) appeared.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "former high schools" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…第1は第2次世界大戦前の高等学校であり,第2は戦後に発足した高等学校である。両者とも名称が同じであるので,その混同を避けるため,前者を旧制高等学校,後者を新制高等学校と呼ぶことがある。
[旧制高等学校]
 1894年に公布された〈高等学校令〉によって,それまで高等中学校と称されていた学校が高等学校と改称され,それとともに,第一(東京),第二(仙台),第三(京都),第四(金沢),第五(熊本)高等学校(一高,二高などと略称)が登場した。…

※「旧制高等学校」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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