{{short description|Japanese psychologist (1905-1978)}} {{Infobox academic | name = Isoko Hatano | native_name_lang = jp | image = Isoko-Hatano-1.jpg | 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<br>Nihon University | workplaces = Kunitachi College of Music<br>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.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> In 1927, she completed a degree in English from Japan Women's University.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref> From 1928 to 1937, she studied child psychology at the Child Research Institute at Japan Women's University.<ref name=":1" /> She worked as an assistant researcher in psychology and an educational counsellor at Tokyo Bunrika University (now the University of Tsukuba).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In 1948, she enrolled as a graduate student at Nihon University.<ref name=":1" /> She earned her PhD in psychology in 1956.<ref name=":0" /> Her dissertation was titled ''The Development of Infants and Home Education''.<ref name=":1" />
Hatano worked as a professor at the Kunitachi College of Music and Toyo University.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{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}}</ref> In 1960, she established the Japan Child Research Institute.<ref name=":1" /> She founded Hatano Family School in 1963.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> In 1964, she founded the Japan Family Welfare Association.<ref name=":1" /> Her husband, Hatano Kanji (波多野 完治), was also a psychologist.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
Hatano was the celebrated author of a number of books.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82159748/|title=Hatano, Isoko 1905-1978|website=WorldCat Identities|access-date=2019-12-15}}</ref> 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)''.<ref name=":0" /> ''幼児の心理 (Psychology of Infants)'' won the Mainichi Publishing Award.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
Her 1950 book, ''Shōnenki'', was a national bestseller,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{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}}</ref> with over 300,000 copies sold.<ref name=":1" /> It was translated into French (''L'Enfant d'Hiroshima'')<ref>{{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}}</ref> and English (''Mother and Son'').<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{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}}</ref> The book features letters exchanged between Hatano and her son, Ichiro, between 1944 and 1948.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> It was adapted into a 1951 movie by director Keisuke Kinoshita.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044029/|title=Boyhood (1951)|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-12-15}}</ref>
She died in 1978 at the age of 72.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
==Awards and honours== Hatano was honoured with Japan's Order of the Precious Crown in 1976.<ref name=":1" />
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