Tokyo Girls' School

Japanese: 東京女学校 - とうきょうじょがっこう

Japan's first national girls' school was opened in February 1872 (Meiji 5) at the former Kameoka domain residence. In November of the same year, it was moved to Takehiracho and came to be known as Tokyo Girls' School (also called Takebashi Girls' School). It was characterized by the enlightened and general education it offered, without gender discrimination. It was subsequently closed in 1877 due to financial difficulties, and re-opened in 1882 as the Tokyo Women's Normal School Attached Girls' High School, which was used as a model for secondary education institutions for women at the time. However, the educational policy there was changed to one of training good wives and wise mothers, with a focus on virtue.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

旧亀岡藩邸に1872年(明治5)2月開設された日本最初の官立女学校。同年11月竹平町に移され，東京女学校(竹橋女学校ともいう)と称されるようになる。その特色は，開明的で性差別のない普通教育を授けたことにあった。その後，財政困難を理由に77年に廃校となり，82年当時の女子中等教育機関のモデルとされた東京女子師範学校付属高等女学校として再発足する。しかし，そこでの教育方針は，徳目を中心にした良妻賢母の養成に変化させられた。

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