{"id":1525,"date":"2020-05-05T18:24:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T18:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-meets-japan\/?page_id=1525"},"modified":"2020-05-15T17:43:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:43:33","slug":"oyatoi-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rutgers-meets-japan\/our-exhibition\/oyatoi-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Oyatoi: The Rutgers Connection in Japanese Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 By Evan Feldman(&#8217;22) and Stephen Hu(&#8217;23)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Early Meiji Period Japan had lofty goals for revolutionizing their system of education, and they drew from Western educators across the world in order to aid them in making these changes. Known as \u201coyatoi\u201d, these individuals were foreign teachers and officials that played a significant role in modernizing the Japanese system of education. Networks that were built at Rutgers College between early Japanese students and professors led to people such as Dr. David Murray to become top-level education officials. William Griffis\u2019s strong relationship with Kusakabe Taro likely influenced him to begin his career in Japan as well. In addition to these prominent Rutgers oyatoi, Edward Warren Clark and Martin Wyckoff were two other Rutgers alumni who dedicated their teaching skills to Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Oyatoi\u2019s connection to Rutgers College was strong, but there was also an array of other Western teachers drawn from other universities and nations. This included the American scientist Edward Morse, and Lafcadio Hearn of American and Greek decent<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">.<\/span> Japan drew on a large network of talent from around the world to reach their educational goals, and because of this we are left with a variety of unique sketches, letters, and writings that account for the experiences of these oyatoi. 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