Members of the Imperial family received mandatory general education between the ages of 6 and 20, and as a rule attended the Gakushuin Boys' and Girls' Schools(Ordinance of the Education of the Imperial Family).
皇族は満6歳から満20歳まで普通教育を受けるものとされ、原則として学習院又は女子学習院で就学するものとされた（皇族就学令）。