著者

安田 忠典

出版者

人体科学会

雑誌

人体科学 (ISSN:09182489)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.12, no.1, pp.25-36, 2003-05-30

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Kumagusu Minakata is well known for his research in a great variety of fields. For about two years from 1902, he lived in the forest of Mt. Nachi, and during this period his studies focused on abnormal psychology in addition to his interests in botany, literature and folklore. Actually, he has been concerned in this topic from quite early. It was rather long before time this topic was recognized as one field of academic research in Japan. Minakata's research method was unique in a sense that others never anticipated, as he recorded the occurrence of the abnormal status of his own mind. Minakata continued to study this research subject even when it was rather neglected by the Japanese academism later on, and attempted to confirm a scientific viewpoint.

著者

前林 清和

出版者

人体科学会

雑誌

人体科学 (ISSN:09182489)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.1, no.1, pp.89-99, 1992-04-30

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In general, people think that a view of the mind-body in the East is monism, but a specialist in Bugei and Geido of Japan thought realistic, fine mind-body theory. It is a theory formulated in light of the practice, not the Cartesian mind-body dualism, not the general mind-body monism in the East. The purposes of this study are to clarify this idea by a analysis of Jujutsu's historical materials in the Edo era. Our study can be summarized as follows; 1) The view of Jujutsu's mind-body founded on Confucianism's cosmology, so that it regarded nature as macro-cosmos, a man as micro-cosmos. This viewpoint was the basis of various levels in Jujutsu. 2) The characteristic of the technical theory in Jujutsu was expressed by the proverb "Ju yoku go wo seisu". This proverb means that a soft action controls a hard action, or a soft idea controls a hard action. In Jujutsu, it was used to express a ideal of mental state and quality of strength on a practice or on a battle. 3) The trainning theories of Jujutsu attach importance to a waist and "Seika Tanden" (a belly under a navel). "Seika Tanden" was grasped the tank of "Qi" in the East.

著者

加藤 隆吉

出版者

人体科学会

雑誌

人体科学 (ISSN:09182489)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.8, no.2, pp.43-47, 1999-10-30

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This study is based on an investigation of 356 patients who complained about an unidentified clinical syndrome during the period between 1983 and 1994. This unidentified clinical syndrome, with its diversified symptoms and deep-rooted factors, is a serious problem. The patients suffer for long periods of time with no appropriate treatment. Many of them repeatedly visit medical facilities, receive folk remedies or resort to religion. Up to 28% engage in antisocial behavior such as pachinko gambling addiction, consumer-loan addiction, kitchen-drinking and drug dependency. The more the patients become absorbed in these diversions, the lighter their symptoms seem to become. Husbands who have been affected by these unidentified clinical syndromes in their wives can take refuge in divorce or even sexual abstinence, but frequently mistreat their children. The incidence of problem children who refuse to attend school and exhibit anorexia nervosa as an escape mechanism is on the increase, and they are also left adrift without receiving effective clinical treatment. Problem children in themselves cause problems, but their mothers are frequently the root-cause. In addition, in many cases, their fathers are involved as well. Resolving the family's problems is the most important task. If the couples remain sexless, with the wives thus going into menopause at an early age, they will become susceptible to the unidentified clinical syndrome. Why do they engage in sexual abstinence? The reason for it is a sexual disorder. Male sexual disorders can be detected rather readily, but female cases are difficult to detect. In the meantime, family problems occur from causes buried in the subconscious mind. These couples experience the unidentified clinical syndrome with a sexless relationship.