The purpose of this study was to interpret S. Shinohara's thought of physical education. In general different people may interpret the same thing in different ways. But interpretation of the thought of physical education had it's own history. Therefore the procedure adopted in this investigation is as follows:
1) Key concepts of S. Shinohara's thought of physical education were clarified.
2) Some preceding studies were examined.
3) S. Shinohara's thought of physical education was historically interpreted.
The results were summerized as follows:
1) Key concepts of S. Shinohara's thought of physical education were “body” “mind” “urge” and “will” which unify an urge. In accordance with these he thought “physical education was intentional formation of the body”.
2) Until now some studies of S. Shinohara's thought of physical education were in the context of human development theories and anthropological studies. [criticized as the thought that body was instrument of mind.] Another study was interpreted that his thought was not in the context of human development theories but in one of “self-expression theories”.
3) We thought “physical education was socio-cultural formation for all individuals”. In accodance with this standpoint we thought physical education was in relation to objective side and subjective side of culture. Consequently S. Shinohara's thought of physical education was interpreted as the axis of co-ordinates in Japnese theories of physical education.
