Abstract
1. Following Part 1, here I have analyzed and discussed some characteristic features of the method of teaching sewing in the late Meiji era (after the 30th of Meiji).
2. The present report is mainly based upon the writings of Professors Junko Yatabe and Chikko Nishigori, who are considered persons of influence upon the teaching method in the period in question.
3. The method which had been proposed earlier by Mr. Hozawa and Mr. Watanabe was spread out further in spite of some criticism on its certain part. Especially the organic teaching method spread more widely or penetrated more deeply, teaching materials were improved, and the analytical method was developed in the late Meiji era. The view that the sewing education should be the preparation for the students' actual family living, that is the view of pragmatism, was further pervaded.
The most remarkable features of this period, however, were that they attached great importance to the cultivation of the students' personality and to the moral education ; and that the foundation was established for the theoretical system of the sewing education ; for instance the order of presentation (three or four stages) and arrangement of materials were determined in principle. Behind this development there was Herbartianism that was sweeping the whole educational circles and it was applied to the teaching of sewing. Professor Nishigori had the principle of the developmental instruction as well as Herbartianism.
