Engineering:Gehōbako
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It means lit. outer-ways box, in reference to practices outside of Buddhist teachings. It is a box which contains secret items representative of a protective spirit, or kami.[3]: 180 [4]: 66 It has been described as "parallel [to] the siberian shaman's drum as a source of power[1]: 103 They have been described as representing a pre-Buddhist shamanism.[5] It is often used for healing people.[6]
It is believed at some point in premodern times most miko had human skulls in their gehōbako from people who promised their skulls to them, but this practice declined over time[1]: 77
Dolls for Kuebiko and Kangiten were often found in them in the 1960s.[1]: 77
Gehōbako were common among wandering miko[1]: 85
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Fairchild, William P. (2021-02-08). "Shamanism in Japan". p. 78. https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/nfile/457.
- ↑ 日本国語大辞典, 精選版. "外法箱(げほうばこ)とは？ 意味や使い方" (in ja). https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A4%96%E6%B3%95%E7%AE%B1-257156.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Schiffer, Wilhelm (1967). "Necromancers in the Tohoku". Journal: Contemporary Religions in Japan 8 (2). http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/nfile/3186.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fairchild, William P. (1962). "Shamanism in Japan (1–122)". Asian Ethnology 21. http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/nfile/457. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ↑ Kamstra, Jacques H. (1967) (in en). Encounter Or Syncretism: The Initial Growth of Japanese Buddhism. Brill Archive. https://books.google.com/books?id=NRsVAAAAIAAJ&dq=Geh%C5%8Dbako&pg=PA469.
- ↑ Vrijhof, P. H.; Waardenburg, Jean Jacques (1979) (in en). Official and Popular Religion: Analysis of a Theme for Religious Studies. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-90-279-7998-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=sOUBiAPxfigC&dq=Geh%C5%8Dbako&pg=PA444.
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