Case file · Remote viewing & psi research
Chizuko Mifune, the clairvoyant of Kumamoto
In 1910 Tokyo Imperial University psychologist Tomokichi Fukurai tested Chizuko Mifune of Kumamoto, who claimed to read hidden texts and see inside sealed containers.
1910 CE · 32.80, 130.71 · status: disputed
The account
Public demonstrations drew huge press coverage, the 'senrigan' (clairvoyance) affair. Critics found that she often turned her back to the audience, and test conditions were loose. She took her own life in 1911.
The sceptical view
Physicists who attended accused her of switching objects; the tests never achieved controlled conditions.