Jisho

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1. study of classical Japanese literature and culture
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2. provincial school (established under the ritsuryō system for educating children of district governors)Historical term
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3. school (of a provincial capital during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties)Historical term
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4. KokugakuKokugaku was a National revival, or, school of Japanese philology and philosophy originating during the Tokugawa period. Kokugaku scholars worked to refocus Japanese scholarship away from the then-dominant study of Chinese, Confucian, and Buddhist texts in favor of research into the early Japanese classics.
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