| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
I am developing this research based on two pillars: The first is a study of the concept of “鬼” illness in medicine. In the past, people in China and Japan believed that a spirit such as “鬼” was the cause of various illnesses. Therefore, “鬼” could be an object of medical treatment. But sometimes, magic was also used.The basis for the treatment of “鬼”illness by medicine was a kind of thinking that conceived “鬼” as being something material.
The second pillar is a study of “Idansho.” This text negates the validity of pulse checking and acupuncture, which since antiquity have been authoritative methods of medical treatment. Idansho’s attitude is based on the idea of decline in the course of history. I show that the text, by using examples of medical treatment as tales, reveals the book’s character as an explanation of the nature of medical treatment.
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