Abstract
The immediate preparation and introduction of modern textbooks suitable for modern education right after the inception of the system of modern education in Japan was not an easy task. Therefore, among the books available in circulation, suitable materials for modern education were selected and used as textbooks. “Sekai-shobaiorai(世界商売往来)” is one such book published in 1871 by Hashizume Kanichi (1820-1884) and is one of the early modern textbooks. This paper examines the content and structure of “Sekai-shobaiorai”. Through this analysis, it was possible to confirm the transitional nature of “Sekai-shobaiorai” which appropriately blended traditional vocabulary learning methods with new modern knowledge. While the attempt in this paper to identify the modern elements in “Sekai-shobaiorai” through the English translation of the headnote and modern vocabulary of main text, it holds significance in establishing the continuity of modern vocabulary learning in the early modern era and assessing the public's knowledge of early modern loanwords.
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