ICP 27th. (Sweden, 2000/07/25)
Yuzero Motora, as the first Japanese psychologist.
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T. Sato(Fukushima Univ.), H.
Mizoguchi(Rissho Univ.), M. Takasuna(Yamano
College), and Y. Nishikawa(Hokkaido Univ.)
Yuzero Motora was very influential in psychology of Japan as an organizer,
executive, and administrator of psychological science and practice, and
as a vocal link between psychology and the larger philosophical and pedagogical
community. He studied under Hall, and was a leading Japanese Psychologist.
This article investigated the academic life of the first psychologist in
Japan. We investigated three type of materials. First type, the biographical
record. Second type, the raw material such as letters. We went to the USA
to research the Motora's documents in America. The last type, works of Motora
himself, especially his attendance at the 5th ICP at Rome(1905) where he
read a paper "An essay on eastern philosophy(Idea of ego in eastern
philosophy)".