Takane Kiuchi: 1 works in the original Japanese, with translation

In the elementary education system from the Meiji era to the early Shōwa era, the ordinary elementary school (尋常小学校) originally lasted four years, after which pupils could go on to a higher elementary school. The author states that he completed four years of the ordinary course in Hokkaidō, which shows that his childhood was spent in Hokkaidō.