Abstract
Investigation was made on the expectation and the practices of homemaking education in Journal of Shiminkatei. The following informations were obtained. 1) Homemaking education was expected to play a key role to maintain the family system by father rule, through education on the principle of a good wife and wise mother. 2) In order to cope with the crisis of the people's daily lives, the contents of homemaking education was required to be of practical use and to have popularity. 3) Limits to mere school education was pointed out, and it was proposed to attach importance to the practical training at home and dormitory. 4) Masamoto Yamasaki dared to put the training at one's own home and home visit learning into practice aiming to overcome the limits of school education only.
