Abstract
This paper analyses the educational planning and establishment of the subject of handicraft at the Junior High School Attached to Hiroshima Higher Normal School during the Taisho period. An examination of relevant literature indicated that the first division system of the junior high school affiliated with the aforementioned school led to the establishment of the subject of handicraft during the Taisho period. The handicraft education curriculum was developed by teachers of the drawing and handicraft study group and was supported by a system of shared teaching posts by teachers at Hiroshima Higher Normal School as well as those at the elementary school and junior high school affiliated with it. This established the study of handicraft as a subject. Furthermore, the names of 11 instructors who were involved in handicraft education and who established the general framework for changes in the handicraft education curriculum in the Taisho era have been identified.
