However, it is likely that the necessity of advanced mathematics was not recognized keenly in Japan at that time, and it is said that what was learned was only basic pragmatical arithmetic and no advanced mathematics were involved.
ただし、当時の日本では高度な数学の必要性に対する認識が低かったらしく、実務的な基本的な算術学習に留まり、高等数学などは扱わなかったと言われている。