Abstract: In the early 20th century,the urgent need to learn from foreign educational experience led to the initial formation and rapid development of comparative education in Japan.With the influence of European and American comparative education,comparative education in Japan entered the development period of emphasizing “factor analysis”.As a distinguished representative of comparative education research expert in Japan during this period,Higuchi Tyouichi not only illustrated the basic theories of comparative education,including its nature,purpose,function,and research methods,but also revealed the fact that comparative education research helped to clearly understand the discipline function of education in Japan.He strongly advocated the study of foreign education characteristics,developed the “factor analysis” method in the field of comparative education,initiated the research paradigm of the topics in comparative education,expanded its research objects and fields,and finally led the comparative education in Japan into the road of systematic development.Higuchi Tyouichis ideas on comparative education has introduced the perspective of oriental culture into the world comparative education research,and has made outstanding contributions to the development of comparative education in Japan and the world.

Key words: Higuchi Tyouichi, characteristics, factor analysis, ideas on comparative education