Masao Kawai
Masao Kawai | |
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河合雅雄 | |
Masao Kawai in 1961 | |
| Born | 2 January 1924 Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 14 May 2021 (aged 97) Tamba-Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
| Education | Ph.D |
| Alma mater | Kyoto Imperial University |
| Relatives | Hayao Kawai (psychologist) |
| Awards | Duke of Edinburgh Prize, Japan Academy |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | primatology, Behavioural sciences |
| Institutions | Kyoto University |
| Thesis | ニホンザルの群れ社会に関する実験的研究 (1962) |
| Academic advisors | Kinji Imanishi |
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| Kanji | 河合 雅雄 | ||||||||||
| Hiragana | かわいまさお | ||||||||||
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Masao Kawai (河合 雅雄, Kawai Masao; January 2, 1924 – May 14, 2021) was a Japanese primatologist, who introduced the concept of kyōkan as a means of studying primates in his book Life of Japanese Monkeys (1969).