Blood types in Japanese culture

The interpretation of the blood group is a common belief, especially in Japan, after which the blood group (Japanese血液 型ketsueki - gata ) would permit inferences about personality, character and compatibility of a person with others. The phenomenon has in everyday Japanese comparable importance, such as the signs of the zodiac in the West. Increasingly, this belief is also in other parts of East Asia, including South Korea and Taiwan to meet. With its four types of blood group interpretation is reminiscent of the ancient theory of humors.

History

Founder of the effort to close the blood to the person who was the Japanese psychologist Furukawa Takeji. In 1927 he published a series of articles in which he published his hypotheses. In turn, the psychologist Furukawa Masahiko Nomi moved in his book compatibility for blood group (1971). Nomi described his approach with the words: "Every part of you - whether the nose, eyes, hair, or brain - carries the same blood group. It seems only natural that your personality and your feelings [ of them ] are also affected. " Nomis Toshitaka son succeeded his father as the supreme authority of the blood group interpretation by. He has written 15 books on the subject and is facing a private institute in Tokyo.

Scientific review

While research has indeed shown that the susceptibility to certain ailments certainly also depends on the blood group was able to demonstrate a correlation between blood type and personality to date, no study. Indirectly, however, pointed out that a genetically different scale facilities with hormones and enzymes can influence the formation of a number of traits.

Application

The greatest popularity has blood group interpretation in women's magazines and the like. Here it is used to find out whether a partner is suitable or not. Horoscopes for the various blood groups appear daily in magazines, newspapers, television and radio.

In Japan, the question is valid according to the blood group to be as normal as elsewhere, the question of the zodiac. A refusal to provide information may be interpreted as evidence that the person is ashamed for their blood group. The frequent fact that non-Japanese people do not know their blood type, often bring Japanese against incomprehension.

The lack of scientific support was not an obstacle for the development of a thriving market of dating agencies that arrange for blood group and recruitment consultants who assist entrepreneurs in the task of finding the right mix of blood groups in their staff.

Also in the Japanese popular culture, the phenomenon is pervasive. Each Japanese teenager knows the blood group of his idol. Even fictional characters from manga and computer games are endowed by their creators with the matching blood type.