家か塾じゅく

noun

private school run by a scholar at home (historical)

Refers to a type of school in pre-modern Japan, often with some government recognition, where a scholar taught students in his own residence.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、多おおくの学がく者しゃが家か塾じゅくを開ひらいて若わか者ものを教きょう育いくした。

  In the Edo period, many scholars opened private schools at home to educate young people.