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Japan and the American Philippines Islands were the only two places in Asia which had a mass public school system. Traditional clothing worn in the 19th century seems to have still dominated schoolwear in the 1900s decade. For the most part there were no uniforms or clothing refulations. We begin to see a smattering of Western clothing, but itbwas the exception rather than the rule. The schools had begun to promote the idea of Western-styled uniforms. There appears to be some elite schools in Tokyo where the boys wore Prussian-styled cadet uniforms. And we begin to see some boys wearing Prussian cadet caps with their traditional clothing, but most Japanese school children just wore their traditional robe-like clothing. Some of the boys may have had cadet caps, especially in the major cities, but generally Western clothing of any kind was not seen to any extent. In fact, Western clothing was completely absent as most schools, exsept for the teachers who commonly wore Western suits with Western headwear like bowler hats, fedoras, and boaters. The school group here is a good example. Noruce the ine biy with a Prussian-cadet cap and the impeciably dressed teachers. School wear at the time basically reflected what the children normally wore at home. Here we see a school group at a reailway station assembled to cheer departing troops headed off to Manchuria to fight the Russians in the Russo-Jaoanese War (1904-05). The boys all wear their traditional clothing. Thus seems to be a small town scene. .
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