A fundamental study of "cultivation (Shu-yo & Kyo-yo)" in school education from the Meiji Era to the early Showa Era

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02457
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09010:Education-related
• Research Institution: Kokugakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Saito Tomoya 國學院大學, 文学部, 教授 (80570481)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 修養 / 教養 / 修行 / 身体 / 静坐

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to examine and historically elucidate the ideas and practices of “Cultivation(Shu-yo & Kyo-yo）”, which were central concepts for self-formation in modern Japan, limited to school education from the Meiji Era to the early Showa Era. Due to COVID-19 that struck shortly after the start of this study, I was unable to proceed with the research as originally planned. Therefore, this study was changed to a study using existing historical materials. Specifically, the study was limited to an investigation of Enosuke Ashida's concept of Shu-yo, and sketching the structure of Shu-yo in Ashida.

Free Research Field

教育方法学　教育史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近代日本における「修養／修養主義」と「教養／教養主義」の解釈や定義は定まっているとは言えない現状がある。そのため、本研究において、明治期から昭和初期の学校教育に限定して「修養／修養主義」と「教養／教養主義」を検討し、相互関係を俯瞰できる座標軸を作成して特質を解明することには、十分な学術的意義があると考えられる。また、歴史的文脈に即して、これからの日本社会においていかなる「教養」が必要になるかの展望を得られることに、本研究の社会的意義があると言えるだろう。