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Hachiro Isshiki

いっしき はちろう

Isshiki Hachiro

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1922-01-02 (Hikami District, Hyōgo, Japan)
Died
1995-01-20 (Kawanishi, Hyōgo, Japan) age 73
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
child education researcher, hand engineering researcher
Affiliations
Japan Institute of Scientific Formative Education, Hyōgo Biological Society, Japan Institute of Chopsticks Engineering

Awards

Hyōgo Biological Society Research Encouragement Award
1966
Organization: Hyōgo Biological Society
Result: Won
Cultural Merit Award
1989
Organization: Handon no Kai
Result: Won
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1991
Work: The Cultural History of Chopsticks: World Chopsticks, Japanese Chopsticks
Organization: Mainichi Newspapers
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Cultural History of Chopsticks: World Chopsticks, Japanese Chopsticks

1990

The Wonders of the Hand

1993

Children Think with Their Hands: Development from Age 0

1993

Legacy

He contributed to Japanese education through research in hand-based child education and the cultural history of chopsticks.

Museums

  • Kawanishi City Museum of Local History Kawanishi, Hyōgo, Japan

Academic Societies

  • Hyōgo Biological Society
  • Japan Institute of Scientific Formative Education
  • Japan Institute of Chopsticks Engineering

Trivia

  • A chopsticks exhibition room called 'Isshiki Hachiro Collection' is set up at the Kawanishi City Museum of Local History