A Reconsideration of the Discourses of J. A. Comenius in Pre-war Japan

Shinichi Sohma

This thesis is part of comprehensive survey of discourses of J. A. Comenius in prewar Japan. When national education system
 one of the main agents of the formation of nation state
 was established in mid 19th-century Japan
 Czech thinker in the 17th century
 Comenius was introduced as a precursor of modern education. More detailed examination of the process is expected for the deeper understanding of the acceptance of Western education in Japan. Through examining the books and magazines mainly concerning education published up to 1945
 the author discovered more than 20 articles about Comenius
 which have not been mentioned in the previous survey. In this series of theses
 the author lists them up and reconsider the process in which the interpretation of Comenius changed and diversified. This thesis pays special attention to the article entitled as "Komeniusu-shi Ryakuden (A Brief Biography of Mr. Comenius)"
 appeared in Chiba Kyoikukai Zassi (The Journal of Chiba Education Society) in 1882.

教育学部論集

佛教大学

31