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Seeking Double Personality: Nakamura Kokyō's Work in Abnormal Psychology in Early 20th-Century Japan (2020)

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
Volume: 56
Issue: 4
Pages: 258-277
Publication date: 2020
Language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jhbs.22045

URI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jhbs.22045

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Personality disorders Hysteria Memory Psychotherapy Psychology 20th century, early Japan Kokyo, Nakamura

This paper examines Nakamura Kokyō's study of a woman with a split personality who lived in his home as a maid from 1917 until her death in 1940. She was his indispensable muse and assistant in his efforts to promote abnormal psychology and psychotherapy. This paper first explores the central position of multiple personality in Nakamura's theory of the subconscious, which was largely based on the model of dissociation. It then examines how it became a central issue in Nakamura's disputes with religions including the element of spirit possession, which invoked Western psychical research to modernize their doctrines. While both were concerned with the subconscious and alterations in personality, Nakamura's psychological view was distinguished from those spiritual understandings by his emphasis on individual memories, particularly those that were traumatic, and hysteria. The remaining sections of the paper will examine Nakamura's views on memory and hysteria, which conflicted with both the academic mainstream and the established cultural beliefs. This conflict may partly explain the limited success of Nakamura's academic and social campaigns.

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