Epi-patography - Epipatography

…However, there are many findings that have been presented for the first time in Japan. The concept of “epi-pathography” is one of them, and it tries to clarify the mutual relationships and influences by taking up cases where the pathology is not in the creator himself but in his wife or siblings. Examples of this are C. Lamb and his sister, Thackeray and his wife, Pirandello and his wife, and in Japan, Kotaro Takamura and his wife Chieko, and Akira Kamibayashi and his wife. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…とはいえ，日本で初めて挙げられた知見も少なくない。〈エピ･パトグラフィー〉の概念もその一つで，病理性が創造者自身ではなくその妻や同胞にあるケースを取り上げて，相互の関係や影響を解明しようとする。C.ラムとその姉，サッカレーとその妻，ピランデロとその妻，日本では高村光太郎と妻の智恵子，上林暁とその妻などの場合がそれに当たる。…

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