During the late Meiji era in 1911, a partyofwomenorganized the Bluestocking Society (Seitousha) and issued the magazine Bluestocking (Seito), to spread the idea of women's liberation.
Regulations on dress and other aspects of adolescent life (both during and after school) are spelled out in pocket-sized, leather-bound handbooks called seito techo, which must be carried at all times.