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Worms, Germs, and Technologies of the Self - Religions, Sword Fighting, and Medicine in Early Modern Japan
Author Ahn, Juhn Y.
Source Japanese Religions=日本の諸宗教
Volumev.37 n.1&2
Date2012.01
Pages93 - 114
PublisherNCC Center for the Study of Japanese Religions=NCC宗教研究所
Publisher Url https://ncc-j.org/
Location京都, 日本 [Kyoto, Japan]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
Keywordki; medicine; Zen; worms; stagnation
AbstractTh is article examines the unprecedented eff ort that was made to articulate the relations between knowledge of medicine, sword fighting, and Zen during the Tokugawa period. Focusing on the writings of Takuan Sōhō (1573-1646), Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769), Kaibara Ekken (1630-1714), and others, this article attempts to show that intellectuals in early modern Japan began to idealize industrious behavior and self-discipline as a new ethos. To get a better sense of why these men began to espouse this new ethos, this paper will set their writings against the larger historical backdrop of the socio-economic changes that took place during the Tokugawa period with a special emphasis on the new bakufu policies toward military households and also temples and shrines. Th is article hopes to show how these larger historical forces infl ected the experiences of the body (e.g. worms and stagnation) and how some men began to constitute themselves as self-disciplining subjects that are solely responsible for their own health and spiritual well-being
Table of contentsTakuan on stagnation 94
Self-regulation 101
Pax Tokugawa and the problem of identity 105
Conclusion 110
ISSN04488954 (P)
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Created date2015.11.12
Modified date2020.03.05



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