Kawai Masao
Encyclopedia
is a Japan
ese primatologist, who forwarded the concept of kyokan
as a means of studying primates in his book Life of Japanese Monkeys (1969).
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese primatologist, who forwarded the concept of kyokan
Kyokan
Kyokan is a Japanese word that means "feel-one". It is a concept forwarded by Masao Kawai as a means of studying primates in the field. It first appeared to Western primatologists in Kawai’s book Life of Japanese Monkeys ....
as a means of studying primates in his book Life of Japanese Monkeys (1969).