Abstract
The elementary school attached to Nagano Normal School held the Elementary Schools Association’s Subject Research Conference in Nagano Prefecture for Drawing and Handicrafts Education in 1915. The conference was summarized in a report titled The Research Bulletin of Drawing and Handicrafts Education by Elementary Schools Association’s Subject Research Conference in Nagano Prefecture. This article aims to clarify how the art teachers of Nagano Prefecture at that time perceived educational drawing as described in that bulletin. The following conclusions become clear: Most teachers who attended the conference understood the concept of educational drawing, especially the importance of aesthetic education. At the same time, they pointed out that Shintei-Gacho was too advanced for their students, although they provided little critical examination because most of them had no set standards for the same. Even then the “Shirakaba-Teachers” could criticize and challenge educational drawing and Shintei-Gacho based on their own understanding of art.
