homeschooling; home education
Archaic term for homeschooling, literally 'garden teaching'. Refers to education at home, often by parents. Cross-referenced with 庭訓 (ていきん), a more common term for the same concept.
See also: 庭訓
江戸時代には、庭の訓が一部の家庭で行われていた。
In the Edo period, homeschooling was practiced in some households.
「庭の訓」という言葉
The term '庭の訓' is hardly used nowadays.
Variant spelling using 訓え; less common.
An expansion of 庭訓, “instruction in the courtyard,” alluding to the Analects account of Confucius instructing his son as the son crossed the courtyard. It consequently came to denote education given within the home.