@article{oai:tamagawa.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000053, author = {GOTTARDO, Marco}, issue = {53}, journal = {論叢:玉川大学文学部紀要}, month = {Mar}, note = {While the healing practices and devices developed by religious institutions in Japanese history have been extensively studied, the analysis of similar practices at the popular level has been relegated to a secondary position. This essay analyzes the wide range of healing practices and spells developed by the popular cult of Mt. Fuji during the Edo period. Moreover, it contextualizes them within a larger system of ideas developed at the popular level by the Fuji cult. As a result, healing practices come to be seen as an index of the popular understanding of reality, and are shown to exist within a complex symbolic and interpretative network, at the popular level, applicable to various levels of reality:cosmic, geographic, and personal.}, pages = {123--138}, title = {Magic words and holy waters: healing in the cult of Mt. Fuji in the Edo period}, volume = {2012}, year = {2013} }