from the gth to the llth of Meiji 一 T 尊 ・ p ・ ・ p ・ ・e ・ fthis st・dy w ・・ t・ clarify the ea ・ly $ t・g ・ ・f th・ midwifery ・d・・ati・n f・・ 1icensure a 正Tokyo Hospital Midwife School from Tai Hase $ awa ' s activities and the reaction of Tokyo − Fu on advertisement for nlidwifery student candidates . The primary historical materials were the official dQcuments between Tai Hasegawa and Tokyo ・ Fu from . the gth to the llth of Meiji kept at Tokyo − Fu official documents Departrnent . The secQndary

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... orical materials were newspaper advertisement for midwifery student candi − date and other materials on midwifery appeared in the Tokyo Nichinichi and the Yomiuri from the gth to the llth of Meiji. The results showed some facts of the early stage of midwifery education fQr licensure at Tokyo −− Fu Hospital Midwife School as follows: 1 ) School regulation and curriculum . 2)Tai Hasegawa ' s activities and the reaction of Tokyo − Fu on advertisement fQr midwifery student candidates . 3)The changes of admission capacity and starting time of instruction . 4)Characteristics of newspaper advertisement . The results Qf this study will serve as the basic material for study of the develop 珥 ent of modern Japanese midwifery education and qualification system .