[Japanese textbook collection
Subtitle: 1945-
By: Monbushō chosaku].
Contributors: Japan. Monbushō.
Publisher: Tōkyō Shoseki, [etc.]
Published: 1945
Place of publication: Tokyo, [etc.]
Language: jpn
Number of pages: 876
Subjects: Education -- Japan -- History -- 1945-; Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
Notes: Collection of textbooks authored by the Ministry of Education and published after the end of World War II, during the occupation period (1945-52).  These textbooks are for use in elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and normal schools for teachers (shihan gakkō), or youth schools (seinen gakkō).  These textbooks cover various subjects, such as Japanese language, history, mathematics, social studies, science, home economics, music, calligraphy, and psychology (for shihan gakkō).  Included are 6 titles of romanized textbooks for elementary and middle schools in two versions each--by Kunrei system and Hepburn system of romanization.  Also contains self study textbooks for correspondence schools (2 v.), instructions on the new system of textbook approval pro cedures, high school management under the new system, and guidelines for sex education.
Finding aid (numerical card file) available in Asian Division.