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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1030, 4 May 1883, Page 2

EDUCATION IN “ THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN.” (Contributed.) Japan, the country alluded to above and so named from its extreme easterly position, lias not long since been exhibiting to admiring crowds in Wellington, tho wondrous skill of its strange people in producing, by means of fireworks, the beautiful in form, motion, and colour ; nor can experts here or in England discove, the methods adopted to attain such results. But pyrotechnic displays are among the least evidences of Japanese intelligence. For centuries this exclusive people has excelled in many of the higher arts ; and some of its treasures are now to be found in most of the museums and many of the private houses of Europe and America. Within the last 20 years, however, the Japanese have abandoned many of their older customs for those of western nations, and prominent among these innovations stands education, which is now entirely modelled on European plans. The following information is collected from Mossrnan : The Daimios or nobles were the first to invite European teachers to settle in Japan ; and they vied with each other in