Abstract
Every sport is, more or less, introduced and / or popularized through school physical education. As for skiing, however, the 13th Takada Army Division carried such a role after 1911, which may be an exceptional case in the development of sports in Japan. Schools, then, paid little attention on skiing and no effort was provided f6r spreading this winter sport. The major theme of this study was to clarify the process of introducing skiing in school physical education and its 'background by use of historical materials left in public musiums and libraries in Niigata Prefecture in Taisho era. The tentative conclusions may be summerized as follows: 1)The educational policy of Niigata Prefecture in Taisho era was to place emphasis on physical education. 2)The teachers of school physical education succeeded the ski instruction of the 13th Takada Army Division. 3)School physical education in winter adopted skiing with other plays on the snow, and 4)The skiing of school physical education became popular in the middle of Taisho era.
