Education
Doctor of Literature (1923) Tokyo Imperial University
- His academic dissertation was “Kokugo no onseiteki kenkyu (Research of Japanese sound)”
Graduate school at Tokyo Imeprial University to research Japanese sounds for five years (~1918)
B.A (1913) Department of Philosphy, College of Letters, Tokyo Imperial Universisty (Major Psychology)
- His academic dissertation was “Doritsuron”

Landmarks
1918 Instructor at Nihon University
1920-1923 Preparatory professor at Nihon University
1923 Went to Germany and France as a researcher for Ministry of Education to study psychological research at Berlin University (Now Humboldt University)
1925 Announced collaborative research with Kurt Lewin
1925 Came back to Japan and took charge of psychology class at Department of Law and Letters, Kyushu Imperial University
1942-1943 Director at Kyushu Imperial University
1949 Retired Kyushu University
1952 Professor at Toyo University
1960-1963 President at Toyo University
1961 Guest professor at International Christian University
1963 Director at Asian and African Culture Research Institute (Now Asian Culture Research Institute), Toyo University
1968 Professor at Graduate school, Komazawa University

Contributions
Kanae Sakuma contributed to linguistic psychology and to introduce Gestalt psychology. His biggest contributions were in the areas of Japanese phonetics and language comprehension. He was engaged in the first experimental research of Japanese phonetic characteristics in Japan. He founded psychological laboratory at Kyushu Imperial University and the Kyushu Psychological Association.

Honors
1966 Member of Japan Academy
1965 Medal with Purple Ribon amethyst
1963 Order of the Sacred Treasure
1963 Honorary professor at Toyo University
1960 Honorary member at Japanese Psychological Association
1950 Honorary professor at Kyushu University
Awarded Hamao Baron’s Scholarship (around 1916)
President of Kyushu Psychological Association

Key words
Gestalt psychology, Linguistic Psychology

Web links
History of Kyushu University

References
Hiroshi Oizumi (2003). Nihonshinrigakusha-jiten. Tokyo: Kabushiki Kaisha Kress Shuppan.
Nihon no shinrigaku kanko iinkai. (1982).Nihon no shinrigaku. Tokyo: Nihon bunka kagaku sha.

Education
Doctor of Literature (1919) Tokyo Imperial University
- His academic dissertation was “Shinteki sadou ni kansuru jikkenteki kenkyu (Experimental Research of Metal behavior)”
Completed Graduate school at Tokyo Imperial University (1918)
B.A (1913) Department of Philosophy, College of Letters, Kyoto Imperial University (Major Psychology)
- His academic dissertation was “Seishin sagyo ni kansuru jikkenteki kenkyu (Experimental Research of Mental Work)”

Landmarks
1916-1945 Instructor at Nihon University
1917 Part time employee for Kanebo
1918-1919 Instructor at Tokyo higher normal school
1919-1945 Advisor at Office of Experimental Psychological Research, Navy Technology Laboratory
1920-1933 Part time employee at Aeronautic psychology laboratory of Tokyo Imperial University
1921-1943 Part time employee at Ministry of Correspondence
1922-1924 Went to Europe as overseas researcher of Ministry of Education; he studied in Law pressure laboratory at University of Oxford
1927 Established Japan Occupational Guidance Association and became the President
1929-1944 Professor at Tokyo Bunrika University (Tokyo Letters and Science University)
1931-1937 Member of Occupation Census Commission in Ministry of Education
1936-1944 Director of educational counseling at Tokyo Bunrika University (Tokyo Letters and Science University)
1937-1938 Business trip to the U.S. where he examined the intelligence and personality of races in the U.S.
1941-1942 Part time employee at Nakajima Aircraft Industry
1942-1944 Member of census council for book as text book in Ministry of Education
1943-1944 Part time employee of Nishina Industrial Company
1945 Retired Tokyo Bunrika University (Tokyo Letters and Science University)
1945-1957 Professor at Nihon University
1947-1950 President at Tamagawa Gakuen Education
1948 Director of Tanaka Educational Institute
1957 Assistant of President at Shiraume Gakuen Junior College

Contributions
His main contributions were to mental fatigue and work, educational tests, and the research of intelligence. He created many intelligence tests such as Tanaka B version intelligence scale, Tanaka Binet Intelligence scale, and so on. He contributed to establish the educational counseling office at Tokyo Bunrika University, and the office is the first one attached national universities in Japan. He also founded psychological laboratory at Tokyo Bunrika University.

Honors
1962 Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star
1960 Honorary member at Japanese Psychological Association
1960 Award for Person of Cultural Merit
1957 Medal with Purple Ribbon Amethyst
1955 Honorary member at Japan Association of Applied Psychology
1945 Honorary professor at Tokyo Bunrika University (Tokyo Letters and Science University)
1942 Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star

Key words
Human engineering, Educational Psychology, Educational Measurement, Intelligence tests

Web links
Taken Shuppan
History of Tanaka Binet Intelligent Scale
Investment of Tanaka Binet Intelligent Scale

References
Hiroshi Oizumi (2003). Nihonshinrigakusha-jiten. Tokyo: Kabushiki Kaisha Kress Shuppan.
Tatsuya Sato, Hazime Mizoguchi, (1997). Tsushi Nihon-no-shinrigaku. Kyoto: Kitaoji Shobo.
Nihon no shinrigaku kanko iinkai. (1982).Nihon no shinrigaku. Tokyo: Nihon bunka kagaku sha.

Education
1971 M.A School of literary research, University of Kyoto
- Her academic dissertation “Nyuyoji no hattatsu to hoiku no kouka (The influence of childcare on growth of small baby)”
1969 B.A school of philosophy, department of literature, University of Kyoto

Landmarks
1974 Worked in eighteen months in an infants’ clinic
1974 Graduated doctor course in department of literature, University of Kyoto and worked as Intern of the same school.
1975 Instructor of Shinwa Women’s Uuniversity
1977 Associate professor of Shinwa Women’s University

Contributions
She contributed to the understanding of infants in Japan.

Honors

Key words
Infant psychology

Web links

References
Hiroshi Oizumi (2003). Nihonshinrigakusha-jiten. Tokyo: Kabushiki Kaisha Kress Shuppan.