2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The mixture point between spiritual world and medicine
| Project/Area Number |
15K02229
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese literature
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| Research Institution | Nanzan University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 医学 / 霊的世界 / 鬼 / 病気 / 『医談抄』 |
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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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| Free Research Field |
国文学
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