Yu-Chuan Wu

Seeking double personality: Nakamura Kokyō's work in abnormal psychology in early 20th-century Japan.

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences October 1, 2020 Yu-Chuan Wu 3 citations

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...