Yukio Yashiro's Role in Education at Art Galleries in Japan

Abstract

This is a study on the considerations about the factor of the birth of education at art galleries, especially affected by the activities of Mr. Yukio Yashiro. I analyzed circumstances of institution at art galleries and social conditions, as the background of his activity. I also paid attention to Yashiro's lectures, and his assertion. He advised about what education at art galleries should be, from the point of view of the user and the researcher. I considered his effect on education at art galleries by following the process of his thinking.