Terakoya
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Terakoya (寺子屋, terako-ya, lit. "temple schools, private elementary schools"[1]) were private educational institutions that taught reading and writing to the children of Japanese commoners during the Edo period.
For the kabuki play, see Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami.