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高良 とみ (Kōra Tomi) | |
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Born | Tomi Wada (和田 とみ, Wada Tomi) July 1, 1896 |
Died | January 17, 1993 96) | (aged
Resting place | Tama Cemetery [1] |
Other names | Tomiko Kōra |
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Known for | Peace and women's rights activism, second Japanese woman to attain a PhD in psychology |
Children | Rumiko Kōra |
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Thesis | An Experimental Study of Hunger in its Relation to Activity (1922) |
Doctoral advisor | Edward Thorndike |
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Tomi Kōra (Japanese:高良とみ,Hepburn:Kōra Tomi,July 1,1896 – January 17,1993) [3] was a Japanese psychologist,peace activist,and politician. She published under the name Tomiko Kōra (高良とみ,Kōra Tomiko).
Kōra was born Tomi Wada [a] on July 1,1896,in Toyama Prefecture. [4] [5] [3] She graduated from the Japan Women's University in 1917. [4] [3] While a student,she attended the funeral of Tsuriko Haraguchi,held at the university. Haraguchi was a psychologist and the first Japanese woman to obtain a PhD;Kōra was reportedly inspired by Haraguchi to continue her advanced studies in psychology. [3]
Like Haraguchi,she attended Columbia University,earning her master's degree in 1920 and her PhD in 1922. [4] At Columbia,she collaborated with Curt Richter to conduct her experiments on the effects of hunger. [5] [3] Kōra's doctoral dissertation,completed under the supervision of Edward L. Thorndike,was titled An Experimental Study of Hunger in its Relation to Activity. [5] [3] [6] She was the second Japanese woman to obtain a PhD in psychology,after Haraguchi. [5]
After returning to Japan,Kōra worked as an assistant in a clinical psychiatry laboratory and taught at Kyushu Imperial University. She was promoted to associate professor,but was met with resistance because she was unmarried at the time. [3] She resigned from the institution in 1927 and took a post at Japan Women's University,where she became a professor. [3]
Kōra was a member of the Japanese Christian Women's Peace Movement,and travelled to China. There,in January 1932,she met the Chinese writers Lu Xun and Xu Guangping at a bookstore owned by the Japanese KanzōUchiyama;shortly after,Lu Xun wrote a poem for her. [7]
Kōra was elected as a Councillor in the 1947 Japanese House of Councillors election,as a member of the Democratic Party. She switched to the Ryokufūkai party in 1949,and served in the House of Councillors for 12 years. [6]
In April 1952,Kōra attended the International Economic Conference in Moscow. [6] [8] Per a request from the US embassy,the Japanese Foreign Ministry had refused to issue passports to those who wished to travel to the Soviet Union;Kōra got around this restriction by travelling to Moscow through Paris,Copenhagen,and Helsinki. They met with vice-minister of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade Lei Rei-min and were invited to Beijing. At the time,the Japanese government did not recognize the legitimacy of the PRC government. [9] That May,she visited Beijing as a member of the House of Councillors Special Committee for the Repatriation of Overseas Japanese. The visit was a diplomatic breakthrough,resulting in the first PRC–Japan private-sector trade agreement (signed June 1,1952 [9] ) and the resumption of the repatriation of Japanese left in China following the end of World War II. [10] Both praise and opposition greeted the trade agreement from Japanese legislators. [9]
Kōra spent four days as a guest at the Women's International Zionist Organization in Israel in April 1960. [11]
In 1929,Kōra married psychiatrist Takehisa Kōra. [b] [3] [12] They had three daughters,including the poet Rumiko Kōra. [c] [12] Kōra was a practising Quaker. [7]
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