…In ancient times, healers were not differentiated from sorcerers or religious practitioners, so it is not uncommon for shrines and temples to distribute medicines as a vestige of that. Examples include Daranisuke from Omine in Yoshino, Yamato, and Mihyakusa from Mitake, Kiso. As demand for these medicines increased, sales left the hands of shrines and temples and passed to traveling religious practitioners and peddlers, and medicine peddlers were established. As this took root, specialty areas for such medicines emerged in various places. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Miyokusa" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…また古代の治療者は呪術者や宗教者と未分化であったから,そのなごりとして社寺が薬を分与する場合がまれでない。大和吉野の大峰から出る〈陀羅尼助(だらにすけ)〉や木曾御岳の〈御百草〉などはその一例である。これらの需要が増加して販売が社寺の手をはなれ,旅の宗教者や行商の手にうつると薬の行商人が成立し,それが定着すると各地にそうした特産地が発生する。… ※「御百草」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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