The Institutionalization of Confucianism in Modern Japan

Title

The Institutionalization of Confucianism in Modern Japan

Author

Masashi Tsujimoto

Page

257-274

DOI

Abstract

This article discusses the development of Confucianism in Japan in the period between the 17th and 19th centuries. The author insists that the study of Confucianism was made possible only in private academies in early modern Japan. Due to the fact the there were no civil-service examination system in Japan, Confucianism had no connection with the state and therefore had nothing to do with the Construction of a given social class. In early modern Japan, there was no institution through which learning might contribute to political maneuver. In contrast with the institutionalized imperial schools, the private academies were gynamic and therefore deeloped a more liberal and individualistic intelfectual inclination.

Keyword

modern Japanese Confucianism, Civil service Examination, Kansei- igaku no kin

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