| Title |
The Foot-Reading Cult of Japan
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Religion and Health, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10943-013-9736-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Anand N. Bosmia, Arpan N. Bosmia, R. S. Tubbs |
| Abstract |
Ho-no-Hana-Sanpogyo was a Japanese new religious movement referred to as the "foot-reading cult" in the media. Its founder, Fukunaga Hogen, claimed to have divine authority and the ability to diagnose physical illness by studying the soles of an individual's feet. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the history of Ho-no-Hana-Sanpogyo and Fukunaga's practice of foot reading. |
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| Denmark | 1 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 8% |
| Researcher | 1 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 1 | 8% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 6 | 50% |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 17% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 8% |
| Design | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 50% |
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