J.P.Wickersham, an educational administrator in the State of Pennsylvania, published School Economy in 1864. In order for the Japanese government to diffuse modern public education, Wickersham's School Economy was translated into Japanese with the titile of Gakkou Tsuuron by Mitsukuri Rinsho in 1873 and published by the Ministry of Education in 1874.The present study examines how School Economy had influenced architectural planning on elementary school buildings in Japan in the early Meiji period. Our study reveals that Wickershams' School Economy affected the School Building Codes that were established by seventeen prefectures respectively from 1875 to 1885.
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