While there are many well-known psychics in the English speaking world, psychics are not limited to the West. Here are some of Japan’s most famous psychics.
While there are many well-known psychics in the English speaking world, psychics are not limited to the West. Here are some of Japan’s most famous psychics.
Kisaburo Ueda
Born in 1871, Kisaburo developed his spiritual abilities while recovering from serious injuries following a fight with local gangsters in 1898. After his recovery he began practicing spiritual healing, and learning Chinkon-Kijin, a Japanese form of possession.
Born in 1871, Kisaburo developed his spiritual abilities while recovering from serious injuries following a fight with local gangsters in 1898. After his recovery he began practicing spiritual healing, and learning Chinkon-Kijin, a Japanese form of possession.
He is known as one of Japan’s greatest prophets and his Reikai-Monogatari (stories from the spirit world) is said to hold prediction until the 50th century. It is also said to have predicted the second world war, the Japanese defeat, and the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Hida Harumitsu
The son of a doctor born in 1883, infirm as a boy he dedicated himself to the study or medicine and psychology. In 1923 he felt a strong energy flowing out of his lower abdomen, which he called Chushun-Ryoku (central energy). After this experience he was able to perform miracles such as shooting a wire with an arrow with his eyes covered, reciting book pages which someone in another room read to himself and levitate himself and others.
The son of a doctor born in 1883, infirm as a boy he dedicated himself to the study or medicine and psychology. In 1923 he felt a strong energy flowing out of his lower abdomen, which he called Chushun-Ryoku (central energy). After this experience he was able to perform miracles such as shooting a wire with an arrow with his eyes covered, reciting book pages which someone in another room read to himself and levitate himself and others.
In his final days he claimed to have seen the world 1,000 years into the future. Following this revelation, he decided to leave the world and committed suicide by fasting for 48 days. He never revealed what he saw.
Chizuko Mifune
This self-proclaimed clairvoyant lived in Kumamoto prefecture at the turn of the 20th century. Her abilities began to show themselves at around the age of 12 when she began to hear ‘singing’ inside her head. She nurtured this internal clairvoyant music by learning to play the koto and began to develop her abilities further after her marriage in 1908 with the help of her brother in law who would help her achieve a hypnotic state.
This self-proclaimed clairvoyant lived in Kumamoto prefecture at the turn of the 20th century. Her abilities began to show themselves at around the age of 12 when she began to hear ‘singing’ inside her head. She nurtured this internal clairvoyant music by learning to play the koto and began to develop her abilities further after her marriage in 1908 with the help of her brother in law who would help her achieve a hypnotic state.
Chizuko was introduced to a Professor of Psychology at the University of Tokyo, Dr Fukurai, in 1910. He began to conduct a series of experiments with her, mostly having her read the content of cards that she could not see. While she was successful at first, her ability to accurately read the cards declined rapidly, and she suffered significant criticism from the scientific community and the press. At around the same time she heard the news that her sister had developed psychic abilities and Chizuko is said to have responded that she now had no use in the world.
Chizuko killed herself in January 1911 by ingesting poison at the age of just 24.
Nagao Ikuko
Born in 1971, this Japanese clairvoyant is also said to have predicted many future events. When she heard about Chizuko Mifune she approached Dr Fukurai to learn the same abilities. In one experiment Dr Fukurai asked her to see what was on an undeveloped photographic plate in an envelope. After the experiment he found strange spots on the plate. He was convinced that these were the result of some unknown energy radiating from Ikuko’s body.
Born in 1971, this Japanese clairvoyant is also said to have predicted many future events. When she heard about Chizuko Mifune she approached Dr Fukurai to learn the same abilities. In one experiment Dr Fukurai asked her to see what was on an undeveloped photographic plate in an envelope. After the experiment he found strange spots on the plate. He was convinced that these were the result of some unknown energy radiating from Ikuko’s body.
Ikuko died of pneumonia shortly after Chizuko in 1911.
Osanami Toshie
Born in 1863, when she was 21 years old Osanami became unable to eat, lost her period, and suffered possession at night. Following the ordeal, she gained the special ability to summon divine water into sealed bottles. This water was used to heal diseases. Osanami was also able to produce ‘spirit paintings’ and write while in a trance state, though she was not thought to have been sufficiently educated to write when not in the trace state.
Born in 1863, when she was 21 years old Osanami became unable to eat, lost her period, and suffered possession at night. Following the ordeal, she gained the special ability to summon divine water into sealed bottles. This water was used to heal diseases. Osanami was also able to produce ‘spirit paintings’ and write while in a trance state, though she was not thought to have been sufficiently educated to write when not in the trace state.
Arrested as a fraud in 1924, Osanami was later declared innocent after she was able to fill a bottle with divine water in the court room under surveillance.
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