Isoko Hatano
Hatano Isoko | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 21, 1905 |
| Died | September 15, 1978 (aged 72) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Japan Women's University Nihon University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Psychology |
| Sub-discipline | Developmental psychology |
| Institutions | Kunitachi College of Music Toyo University |
Hatano Isoko (Japanese: 波多野 勤子; December 21, 1905 – September 15, 1978) was a Japanese developmental psychologist and writer. She was awarded the Order of the Precious Crown in 1976.
Biography
Hatano was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1905.[1] In 1927, she completed a degree in English from Japan Women's University.[1][2] From 1928 to 1937, she studied child psychology at the Child Research Institute at Japan Women's University.[2] She worked as an assistant researcher in psychology and an educational counsellor at Tokyo Bunrika University (now the University of Tsukuba).[1][2] In 1948, she enrolled as a graduate student at Nihon University.[2] She earned her PhD in psychology in 1956.[1] Her dissertation was titled The Development of Infants and Home Education.[2]
Hatano worked as a professor at the Kunitachi College of Music and Toyo University.[1][3] In 1960, she established the Japan Child Research Institute.[2] She founded Hatano Family School in 1963.[4][3] In 1964, she founded the Japan Family Welfare Association.[2] Her husband, Hatano Kanji (波多野 完治), was also a psychologist.[1][3]
Hatano was the celebrated author of a number of books.[2][5] She published, in succession, 赤ちゃんの心理 (Psychology of Babies), 幼児の心理 (Psychology of Infants), 小学生の心理 (Psychology of Elementary School Students), and 中学生の心理 (Psychology of Junior High School Students).[1] 幼児の心理 (Psychology of Infants) won the Mainichi Publishing Award.[1][2][3]
Her 1950 book, Shōnenki, was a national bestseller,[1][6] with over 300,000 copies sold.[2] It was translated into French (L'Enfant d'Hiroshima)[7] and English (Mother and Son).[6][8][9] The book features letters exchanged between Hatano and her son, Ichiro, between 1944 and 1948.[6][9] It was adapted into a 1951 movie by director Keisuke Kinoshita.[2][10]
Hatano was honoured with Japan's Order of the Precious Crown in 1976.[2] She died in 1978 at the age of 72.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "波多野 勤子". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m McVeigh, Brian J. (2017). "Epilogue: In Retrospect: Trajectories, Alternative Routes, and the Contributions of Japanese Women Psychologists". The history of Japanese psychology : global perspectives, 1875-1950. London: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4742-8308-3. OCLC 958497577.
- ^ a b c d "波多野勤子". 東京パイロットクラブ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ "波多野勤子". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Hatano, Isoko 1905-1978". WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c MOTHER AND SON: The Wartime Correspondence by Isoko & Ichiro Hatano | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ Hatano, Isoko; Hatano, Ichirô; Motono, Seiichi (2007). L'enfant d'Hiroshima: correspondance (in French). Paris: Grand caractère. ISBN 978-2-7444-0701-7. OCLC 422109040.
- ^ Hatano, Isoko; Hatano, Ribō (1962). Mother and son. Houghton. OCLC 987929696.
- ^ a b Vogel, Ezra F. (1963). "Mother and Son. By Isoko and Ichiro Hatano". The Journal of Asian Studies. 22 (2): 217–217. doi:10.2307/2050029. ISSN 0021-9118.
- ^ "Boyhood (1951)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
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