http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2185 Comments for "Japan’s Imperial Rescript on Education" en http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2185 <p><a href="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/sites/www.discovernikkei.org.forum/files/Ike_Hatchimonji_sm.jpg" title="View: Ike_Hatchimonji_sm.jpg"><img style="width: px; height:px;" src="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/sites/www.discovernikkei.org.forum/files/Ike_Hatchimonji_sm.jpg" class="inline" alt="Ike_Hatchimonji_sm.jpg" title="Ike_Hatchimonji_sm.jpg" /></a></p> <h2>Japan’s Imperial Rescript on Education</h2> <p>How important was it in the Japanese American Experience?<br /> By Ike Hatchimonji</p> <p><em>Despite its value in teaching the cultural virtues of Japan to the Nisei in pre-WW II America, the Rescript could have been used against them</em>.</p> <p>An important aspect of the upbringing of the Nisei generation in most Nikkei communities before World War II was their training in the Japanese language. Being able to speak and write in the language of their Issei parents and thereby enabling them to communicate with them was necessary. But it was also a part of the cultural heritage the Issei wished to preserve.</p> <p><a href="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2185">read more</a></p> http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2185#comment War &amp; Resistance Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:11:43 -0800 editor 2185 at http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum