Title: "Hara no mushi" no kenkyū : Nihon no shinshinkan o saguru /
Authors: Hasegawa, Masao, 1946-
Publisher: Nagoya Daigaku Shuppankai,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Medicine Japan History; Mind and body; Diseases Japan.; Human body Psychological aspects Japan.; Japan
Abstract: Expression using "insects" or "worms" in Japanese language has a unique philosophy. This book deciphers medical philosophy, literary works, and folk customs of the past, and it sheds light on the Japanese view of mind and body from the multi-faceted figure of "insect."