Fow over two and a half decades since 1922, the art education at Keio Gijuku Yochisha elementary school was undertaken by painters belonging to the Sodosha group. This group was sponsored by Ryusei Kishida and consisted of Michisei Kono, Hitoshi Seimiya, Shohachi Kimura, Sadao Tsubaki and others. By this group, art education at Yochisha became a landmark in the history of art education in Japan, because at that time Jiyuga-Kyoiku, which was proposed by Kanae Yamamoto, spread all over Japan. Yamamoto emphasised that elementary school children should no longer copy Sintei-Gacho as instructed by the government, but create and draw after nature itself. On the other hand, Kishida stressed the appreciation of famous art works and the copying of them. This method of art education, Kishida called Jiyuringa-Ho. He also believed that this method would be of more benefit later on in life. In this article, I pay particular attention to Kishida's basic ideas on art education during his Sodosha era (1915-22), which were stated in his essay. One of my points is that his Jiyuringa-Ho is valid in his own work.