This study intends to analyze the textbooks on the history of Japanese education in relation to the composition of textbooks in the history of education, which is a basic subject for students majoring in education. In particular, this study analyzed the four history of Japanese education textbooks translated into Korean. Unlike the educational philosophy, which deals with universal content, the history of education reflects country-specific characteristics, such as the history of Korean education and that of Japanese education. The results are as follows: Firstly, there is a strong positivist tradition in the history of education. This is because it has been continued from the Edo era, and influenced by Western Ranke history and early Japanese educational history which were composed by history of institutional education. Secondly, a biased temporality appears in the table of contents of educational history. Ancient history and medieval history are very brief, and the narrative focuses on modern history after the 17th century. Thirdly, there is a change from the existing history of institutional education to the history of educational culture. It is thought that the influence of the Anal School following the mid-1980s also affected the field of educational history. Therefore, it is thought that the textbooks analyzed are good examples of this change in the field of education history.