Matataro Matsumoto

Born: September 15, 1865 in Takasaki, Gunma prefecture
Died: December 24, 1943

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Education

• Doctor of Literature (1899), Tokyo Imperial University—His academic dissertation was “Research on Acoustic Space”
• Ph.D (1899), Yale University—His academic dissertation was “Research on Acoustic Space”
• B.A. (1893) Tokyo Imperial University—His academic dissertation was “Hume’s Doctrine of Causation”

Landmarks

• 1890 Studied of psychology under the guidance of Yujiro Motora in Tokyo
• 1896-187 Studied of experimental psychology under Professor Scripture at Yale University
• 1897-1898 Assistant at Yale University
• 1898 Research at Leipzig University in Germany as being dispatched by the Education Ministry
• 1900 -1906 Professor at Tokyo higher normal school, Tokyo women’s higher normal school
• 1901-1913 Instructor at Tokyo Imperial University
• 1906-1913 Professor at College of letters, Kyoto Imperial University
• 1906 President at Kyoto metropolitan Arts and Crafts School
• 1913-1926 Professor at College of Letters, Tokyo Imperial University
• 1918 Temporary employee at Ministry of the Navy
• 1920 Temporary employee at Aerial Research Institute
• 1926 Retired from Tokyo Imperial University
• 1926 Instructor at Nihon University, Tokyo Bunrika Daigaku (Tokyo Literature & Science University) and Aerial Research Institute
• 1926 General manager at Child research in Japan Women’s University

Contributions

• Matataro Matsumoto took effort to establish many psychology laboratories in Japan.
• He was the first professor to take charge of psychology in Japan.
• As president of Japanese Psychological Association, he strongly contributed to spread the knowledge of psychology in Japan.
• In addition, he influenced and trained Japanese women psychologists (such as Isoko Hatano, Tomi Kora, and Tsuruko Haraguchi).
• He also contributed the establishment of special department at Doshisha Jyogakko (Doshisha Women’s technical school) and suggested his typical logic for female higher education. 

Honors

• 1927-1943 Original Chairman of the Board at Japanese Psychological Association
• 1921 Membership of Imperial Academy

Keywords

• Acoustic Space
• Experimental Psychology

Web Links

• History of Psychology and Psychology Studies

References

• Hiroshi Oizumi (2003). Nihonshinrigakusha-jiten. Tokyo: Kabushiki Kaisha Kress Shuppan.
• Izumi Ogino, (1983). Haraguchi Tsuruko-Jyosei- shinrigakusya- no- senku. Nagano: Kabushiki Kaisha Ginga Shobo.
• Tatsuya Sato, Hazime Mizoguchi, (1997). Tsushi Nihon-no-shinrigaku. Kyoto: Kitaoji Shobo.