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Matataro Matsumoto

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


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

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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.
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