抄録
The present paper aimed at investigating the process of the introduction of Sargent jump in Japan. The follwing results were obtained. 1) In Meiji era, Tousuke Akiho and Michiakira Nagai introduced D.A.Sargent as a scholar who devised Imitative Gymnastics.On the paper of physical education magazine published in Taisho and early Showa era, we found the theory of the measurement of physical strength and the method to measure a vertial jump investigated by D.A.Sargent. 2 ) After World War II , the system of the school physical education in Japan was established under the influence of U.S.A..In that system, the measurement of student's physical strength and motor fitness was important.A lot of Japanese scholars studied Sargent's theory and Sargent jump. 3 ) Sargent jump became popular through the books and magazines, and now, is used as an easy method to measure the capacity of a vertical jump.
