A Study on the Definition of the Term "Children's Drawings"

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  • 用語としての「児童画」の確定に関する一考察
  • ヨウゴ ト シテ ノ 「 ジドウガ 」 ノ カクテイ ニ カンスル イチ コウサツ

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The purpose of this essay is to discuss when and how the term "children's drawings" was defined. It is believed that the term was first used by Sozo Kurahashi in an article of the journal "Jido Kenkyu" (Child Studies) in 1908, whereas the first art educator who used it was Mamoru Seki in "About Drawing Education" in "Nagasaki-ken Kyoiku Zasshi" (Nagasaki Prefecture Education Journal) in 1915. Although the term could have been used since the 1870s when the school system was introduced because the words "children" and "drawings" constituting the term had long been defined, it was not actually used as a term until drawings done by children came to attention after the founding of studies on children's drawings around 1907. Although the term was not used very often after that, it began to be commonly used between 1921 and 1930, probably because of the recognition of children's drawings" in the boom of the free-drawing education movement.

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