After the Meiji Restoration, in 1869, it became possible for the literary arts to be protected by the law in Japan, where modernization is promoted. However, there was still no mention of the author's rights protection and the term “copyright”, and in 1875, the “copyright law” appeared in the revision of the “publication ordinance” and there was provision to protect the author. In 1887, the New Ordinance on Scriptwriting was newly established, which recognizes the rights of theatrical plays and musical scores, and protects and regulates the rights to perform. In 1899, the [Copyright Act] was finally enacted, abolishing the title of copyright(판권), creating a new copyright name, and copyright naturally occurred and no registration was required. I would like to suggest that there was a theater improvement society and a literary association in the process of making and establishing copyright law. The Theater Improvement Society was established in 1886 and carried out a theater improvement campaign to improve the screenplay, drama and theater. At the time, it was widely criticized as “worship of the West,” but suggested that drama is an important constituent of culture in the society at that time, when only literary works such as novels and poetry were regarded as important constituents of culture, and suggested that the copyright(판권) and entertainment rights of actors and actresses be attributed to the artist. It is also true that this influenced the creation of the 1887 Regulation on Scriptwriting. Meanwhile, from 1926 to the early 1930s, a movement to revise copyright law by the Literary Association was held. The Literary Association, which was inspired by the litigation of the drama “坂崎出羽守” and acted to defend the rights of the author, submitted to the Parliament amendments to the Copyright Act and opposed to the protection of the moral rights of the author and so it was reflected in the revised law of the Copyright Act of 1931. When modern order was established, Japanese Literary Arts acted actively to protect their rights themselves.