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The tools in a medieval Japanese healer’s toolkit: from fortunetelling and exorcism to herbal medicines

  • Written by Alessandro Poletto, Lecturer in East Asian Religions, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
The tools in a medieval Japanese healer’s toolkit: from fortunetelling and exorcism to herbal medicinesAn 'onmyoji,' an expert on yin and yang, performs divination with counting rods in an Edo-period illustration. Kyoto University Library/Wikimedia

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