Biography:Isoko Hatano
Isoko Hatano | |
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波多野勤子 | |
| 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 |
Isoko Hatano (Japanese: 波多野 勤子 Hatano Isoko; December 21, 1905 – September 15, 1978) was a Japanese developmental psychologist and writer. Her 1951 book, Shōnenki, was a national bestseller that was adapted into a feature film. 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]
She died in 1978 at the age of 72.[1][2]
Awards and honours
Hatano was honoured with Japan's Order of the Precious Crown in 1976.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "波多野 勤子" (in ja). https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B3%A2%E5%A4%9A%E9%87%8E%20%E5%8B%A4%E5%AD%90-1652581.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 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. pp. 191. ISBN 978-1-4742-8308-3. OCLC 958497577.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "波多野勤子" (in ja-JP). http://tokyo-pc.jimdofree.com/礎となった先人たち/波多野勤子/.
- ↑ "波多野勤子" (in ja). https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B3%A2%E5%A4%9A%E9%87%8E%E5%8B%A4%E5%AD%90-1101317.
- ↑ "Hatano, Isoko 1905-1978". https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82159748/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 (in en) MOTHER AND SON: The Wartime Correspondence by Isoko & Ichiro Hatano | Kirkus Reviews. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/isoko-ichiro-hatano/mother-and-son-the-wartime-correspondence-2/.
- ↑ Hatano, Isoko; Hatano, Ichirô; Motono, Seiichi (2007) (in fr). L'enfant d'Hiroshima: correspondance. Paris: Grand caractère. ISBN 978-2-7444-0701-7. OCLC 422109040.
- ↑ Hatano, Isoko; Hatano, Ribō (1962) (in en). Mother and son.. Houghton. OCLC 987929696. https://archive.org/details/motherson0000unse.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Vogel, Ezra F. (1963). "Mother and Son. By Isoko and Ichiro Hatano" (in en). The Journal of Asian Studies 22 (2): 217. doi:10.2307/2050029. ISSN 0021-9118. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0021911800105467/type/journal_article.
- ↑ "Boyhood (1951)". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044029/.
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