Figure 1.--Here we see children in aso Mura village on their way to school in 1949. Noticce the paper umbrellas all the children have.
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Figure 1.--Here we see children in aso Mura village on their way to school in 1949. Noticce the paper umbrellas all the children have. |
We also mote images over time that provide a useful view of changing school fashions. Japan in the early 20th century was still building its transportation infrastructure. Children usually had no way of getting to school other than walking. It was a little different for secondary-level childen, but relatively few children persued school after finishing primary school. As te century progressed there was a steady shift in population from the countryside to the cities as Japan industrialized. Before the World War II most children in cities wore uniforms to school, although very basic ones. Uniforms were less common in rural schools. After the War We see Japanese children in the 1940s, for example, going to school with paper umbrellas. Also uniforms were dropped at many, but not all primary schools. Japan after the War built a very modern transportation system, providing options for coming to school. This was mostly, however, for secondary-level children.
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