The purpose of this symposium
is to provide readers with a general understanding of Japanese art and
aesthetics education and its interaction with other cultures. The essays
cover a variety of topics, including historical, cross-cultural, theoretical,
and practical perspectives.
First, the development and establishment of art
education in the Japanese education system is introduced. Kingo Masuda's
essay provides a brief history of art education policy and how a formal
system of art education has been organized from the modern era to the
present. Takuya Kaneda examines the foundation for the historical evolution
of the major reform movements in Japanese art education. He focuses on
the philosophies of three pioneers who guided the movements and sheds
light on to the role that "freedom" has played in the context of aesthetic
education. Their historical studies show how the modern Japanese educational
system incorporated the Western notion of art education into its foundation.
Western art educators have given Japanese art educators the impetus to
modernize the theory and practice of art education.
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