国こく学がく

noun

study of classical Japanese literature and culture; Kokugaku

Refers to the Edo-period intellectual movement that emphasized native Japanese classics and Shinto, often contrasted with Chinese studies (漢学).

• 本もと居おり宣のり長ながは国こく学がくの大たい成せい者しゃとされる。

  Motoori Norinaga is considered the great synthesizer of Kokugaku.

noun

provincial school (ritsuryō system)

Historical term for a school established in each province under the ritsuryō legal codes to educate the children of district governors.

• 律りつ令りょう制せいのもと、各かっ国こくに国こく学がくが置おかれた。

  Under the ritsuryō system, a provincial school was established in each province.

noun

school of a provincial capital (ancient China)

Historical term for a school in the capital of a province during the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties in China. Rare and highly specialized.

• 中ちゅう国ごくの夏か・殷いん・周しゅうの時じ代だい、国こく学がくは地ち方ほうの中ちゅう心しん的てきな教きょう育いく機き関かんだった。

  During the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties in China, the provincial capital school was a key educational institution.