Isoko Hatano
{{short description|Japanese psychologist (1905-1978)}}
{{Infobox academic|name=Isoko Hatano|native_name_lang=jp|birth_date={{birth date|1905|12|21}}|death_date={{death date and age|1978|09|15|1905|12|21}}|alma_mater=Japan Women's University
Nihon University|workplaces=Kunitachi College of Music
Toyo University|discipline=Psychology|sub_discipline=Developmental psychology|native_name=波多野勤子}}
Isoko Hatano (Japanese: 波多野 勤子 Hatano Isoko; {{Birth date|1905|12|21}} – {{Death date|1978|09|15}}) 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.{{Cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B3%A2%E5%A4%9A%E9%87%8E%20%E5%8B%A4%E5%AD%90-1652581|title=波多野 勤子|website=コトバンク|language=ja|access-date=2019-12-16}} In 1927, she completed a degree in English from Japan Women's University.{{Cite book|title=The history of Japanese psychology : global perspectives, 1875-1950|last=McVeigh|first=Brian J.|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|year=2017|isbn=978-1-4742-8308-3|location=London|pages=191|chapter=Epilogue: In Retrospect: Trajectories, Alternative Routes, and the Contributions of Japanese Women Psychologists|oclc=958497577}} From 1928 to 1937, she studied child psychology at the Child Research Institute at Japan Women's University. She worked as an assistant researcher in psychology and an educational counsellor at Tokyo Bunrika University (now the University of Tsukuba). In 1948, she enrolled as a graduate student at Nihon University. She earned her PhD in psychology in 1956. Her dissertation was titled The Development of Infants and Home Education.
Hatano worked as a professor at the Kunitachi College of Music and Toyo University.{{Cite web|url=http://tokyo-pc.jimdofree.com/礎となった先人たち/波多野勤子/|title=波多野勤子|website=東京パイロットクラブ|language=ja-JP|access-date=2019-12-17}} In 1960, she established the Japan Child Research Institute. She founded Hatano Family School in 1963.{{Cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B3%A2%E5%A4%9A%E9%87%8E%E5%8B%A4%E5%AD%90-1101317|title=波多野勤子|website=コトバンク|language=ja|access-date=2019-12-16}} In 1964, she founded the Japan Family Welfare Association. Her husband, Hatano Kanji (波多野 完治), was also a psychologist.
Hatano was the celebrated author of a number of books.{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82159748/|title=Hatano, Isoko 1905-1978|website=WorldCat Identities|access-date=2019-12-15}} 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). 幼児の心理 (Psychology of Infants) won the Mainichi Publishing Award.
Her 1950 book, Shōnenki, was a national bestseller,{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/isoko-ichiro-hatano/mother-and-son-the-wartime-correspondence-2/|title=MOTHER AND SON: The Wartime Correspondence by Isoko & Ichiro Hatano {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}} with over 300,000 copies sold. It was translated into French (L'Enfant d'Hiroshima){{Cite book|title=L'enfant d'Hiroshima: correspondance|last=Hatano|first=Isoko|last2=Hatano|first2=Ichirô|last3=Motono|first3=Seiichi|date=2007|publisher=Grand caractère|isbn=978-2-7444-0701-7|location=Paris|language=fr|oclc=422109040}} and English (Mother and Son).{{Cite book|title=Mother and son.|url=https://archive.org/details/motherson0000unse|url-access=registration|last=Hatano|first=Isoko|last2=Hatano|first2=Ribō|date=1962|publisher=Houghton|language=en|oclc=987929696}}{{Cite journal|last=Vogel|first=Ezra F.|date=1963|title=Mother and Son. By Isoko and Ichiro Hatano|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0021911800105467/type/journal_article|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|language=en|volume=22|issue=2|pages=217|doi=10.2307/2050029|jstor=2050029|issn=0021-9118|url-access=subscription}} The book features letters exchanged between Hatano and her son, Ichiro, between 1944 and 1948. It was adapted into a 1951 movie by director Keisuke Kinoshita.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044029/|title=Boyhood (1951)|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-12-15}}
Awards and honours
Hatano was honoured with Japan's Order of the Precious Crown in 1976.
References
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Category:Japanese women psychologists
Category:Japanese psychologists
Category:Developmental psychologists
Category:Nihon University alumni
Category:20th-century Japanese women writers
Category:Academic staff of Kunitachi the College of Music
Category:Scientists from Tokyo