Ryōsai kenbo: the educational ideal of "good wife, wise mother" in modern Japan

Preliminary Material /Koyama Shizuko -- Introduction: Approach to the Issues /Koyama Shizuko -- The Formation of Ryōsai Kenbo Thought /Koyama Shizuko -- Ryōsai Kenbo Thought and the Public Education System /Koyama Shizuko -- The Causes of Change /Koyama Shizuko -- The Reconfiguration of Ryōsai Kenbo Thought /Koyama Shizuko -- The Evolution of the Concept of Ryōsai Kenbo in Morality Textbooks /Koyama Shizuko -- Epilogue: The Meaning of Ryōsai Kenbo Thought /Koyama Shizuko -- Appendix 1: List of Morality Textbooks (Shūshin Kyōkasho) Consulted for this Study /Koyama Shizuko -- Bibliography /Koyama Shizuko -- Index of Persons /Koyama Shizuko -- Index of Subjects /Koyama Shizuko.

Ryōsai Kenbo; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the English Edition; Preface; List of Tables; List of Key Words; Introduction: Approach to the Issues; 1. The Formation of Ryōsai Kenbo Thought; 1. The View of Women in Edo-Period Instructional Texts for Girls (Jokunsho); 2. "Wise Mother" Theory in the Meiji Enlightenment Period; 3. The Emergence of Ryōsai Kenbo Thought; 2. Ryōsai Kenbo Thought and the Public Education System; 1. The Emergence of a Discourse on "Home Education"; 2. Home Education and the Public Education System; 3. The Causes of Change; 1. The Emergence of the "Woman Problem

The famous ry?sai kenbo or 'good wife, wise mother' role of Japanese women was, in fact, not a traditional Confucian view but a modern construct - its first appearance in Japan being the latter half of the nineteenth century. Girls at the time were proud to fulfill their new role of contributing to not just the family but to the formation of the state. Koyama's discovery has transformed how we see modern women's history in Japan and East Asia as a whole