Background
Morioka, Kenji was born on June 11, 1917 in Tsukitata-matchi, Kuriharagun, Miyagi-ken, Japan. Son of Kisaburo and Kinu Morioka.
Morioka, Kenji was born on June 11, 1917 in Tsukitata-matchi, Kuriharagun, Miyagi-ken, Japan. Son of Kisaburo and Kinu Morioka.
Bachelor, Tokyo Imperial University, 1940. Master of Arts, Tokyo Imperial University, 1945.
Teacher, Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuramachi Women's High School, 1945-1946; professor, Hiroshima High School, 1946-1949; researcher, National Language Institute, Tokyo, 1949-1953; associate professor, Tokyo Women's Christian U., 1953-1958; professor, Tokyo Women's Christian U., 1958-1970; professor, Sophia U., Tokyo, 1970-1988. Member of national language counsel Japan Department of Education, 1972-1981, member science counsel, 1984-1986.
Corporal Chinese military, 1941-1945. Member Society for the Study of Japanese Language (chief editor 1970-1972, board directors 1979-1981).
Married Sachiko Kato, April 3, 1947. Children: Keiko Iwashia, Machiko Morioka, Kuniko Uekusa.