Probably not the first one to notice but I haven't seen it anywhere else. I put Imu into japanese wikipedia. I don't understand japanese, so this is from google translate:
Imu is a name given to one of the mental disorders found only in Ainu society among culture-dependent syndromes
Characteristics/symptoms
It is said that it is often seen in middle-aged and older women. The main symptoms are losing consciousness when surprised by something, acting as the other person orders regardless of one's own will, or doing the exact opposite of what the person says or does. According to Tokusaburo Takekuma, who was a teacher at the former native school in Mukawa Village, when someone said, "I hate this child," he stroked the child's head and said, "Cute child." If told, he will swear, "I hate this guy," and in the worst case, he may use violence. In addition, when he hears the word ``tukkoni'' or sees a toy snake, he goes into a state of confusion for a while and attacks, or runs away at full speed. In some cases, the reverberant symptom of imitation becomes prominent, and the hard-strength symptom of maintaining a given posture indefinitely is exhibited.
the study
From the 20s of the Meiji era, the ``Imu'' and ``Imu-bakko'' seen in the Ainu people began to attract the attention of scholars. Ryosei Koganei, who traveled to Hokkaido in the summer of 1888 (Meiji 21), wrote in his diary at that time the name "Imu" and that the cause of his seizures was a snake. Fujihiko Sekiba equates imu with ``Tokkoni-bakko,'' and further equates it with ``Awa, Tosa, and Nagato's dog gods, Sanuki's monkey gods, Iyo's snake and cat gods, and fox spirits,' which are also regarded as diseases. I speculated that it was an abnormal behavior caused by fear rather than should be. Yasusaburo Sakaki was the first neurologist to study imu, and wrote a paper titled ``On imbatsuko (a kind of sensory neuropathy in the Ainu)'' (Meiji 34). Yuji Uchimura of Hokkaido Imperial University, who left detailed research on imu in later years, attempted to compare it with ``Latah'', a Javanese ethnic neuropathy. It is a type of hysteria peculiar to women, and since women are often submissive to men and have a rebellious spirit, it is sometimes thought that this manifests itself as imu.
Do you think Oda named the secret king after this?
Imu is a name given to one of the mental disorders found only in Ainu society among culture-dependent syndromes
Characteristics/symptoms
It is said that it is often seen in middle-aged and older women. The main symptoms are losing consciousness when surprised by something, acting as the other person orders regardless of one's own will, or doing the exact opposite of what the person says or does. According to Tokusaburo Takekuma, who was a teacher at the former native school in Mukawa Village, when someone said, "I hate this child," he stroked the child's head and said, "Cute child." If told, he will swear, "I hate this guy," and in the worst case, he may use violence. In addition, when he hears the word ``tukkoni'' or sees a toy snake, he goes into a state of confusion for a while and attacks, or runs away at full speed. In some cases, the reverberant symptom of imitation becomes prominent, and the hard-strength symptom of maintaining a given posture indefinitely is exhibited.
the study
From the 20s of the Meiji era, the ``Imu'' and ``Imu-bakko'' seen in the Ainu people began to attract the attention of scholars. Ryosei Koganei, who traveled to Hokkaido in the summer of 1888 (Meiji 21), wrote in his diary at that time the name "Imu" and that the cause of his seizures was a snake. Fujihiko Sekiba equates imu with ``Tokkoni-bakko,'' and further equates it with ``Awa, Tosa, and Nagato's dog gods, Sanuki's monkey gods, Iyo's snake and cat gods, and fox spirits,' which are also regarded as diseases. I speculated that it was an abnormal behavior caused by fear rather than should be. Yasusaburo Sakaki was the first neurologist to study imu, and wrote a paper titled ``On imbatsuko (a kind of sensory neuropathy in the Ainu)'' (Meiji 34). Yuji Uchimura of Hokkaido Imperial University, who left detailed research on imu in later years, attempted to compare it with ``Latah'', a Javanese ethnic neuropathy. It is a type of hysteria peculiar to women, and since women are often submissive to men and have a rebellious spirit, it is sometimes thought that this manifests itself as imu.
Do you think Oda named the secret king after this?
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