The purpose of this study is to clarify change of Japanese women’s handwork performed at home. I investigate articles of a magazine named Kurashi-no-Techo published from 1948 to 2014 from viewpoint of handwork. Also, I discuss ethical consumption. The results show that change of women’s handwork is related to the spread of western clothes and readymadeclothes after World War II. During a period from 1945 to 1969, women learned dressmaking for family life and dealt with the spread of Western clothes by handcrafting clothes. When readymade clothes came to be easily available by establishment of the apparel industry, people stopped handcrafting clothes, and it became natural to buy them in a shop. We can see such a change in Kurashi-no-Techo. For example, while for several years just after the war, Kurashi-no-Techo often featured “chokusen dachi”, which is practical for dressmaking, now in 2014, it featured decorative embroidery, which is not so much practical for dressmaking. Thus, women’s handwork reflects social conditions and changed from a houseworklikething into a hobby-like thing. Due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, the consumption awareness of Japan changed from consumption for the selfish satisfaction to consumption for the ethical satisfaction. I feel that this change brings new value for future handwork. ; 原著論文