title: The Foot-Reading Cult of Japan.
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.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Ambulatory Care Center, Children's of Alabama, 1600 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA.
authors.forename: Anand N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Bosmia
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Ambulatory Care Center, Children's of Alabama, 1600 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA.
authors.forename: Arpan N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Bosmia
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Ambulatory Care Center, Children's of Alabama, 1600 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA. shane.tubbs@chsys.org.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
mesh_terms: D002016:Buddhism; D005528:Foot; D005607:Fraud; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D012068:Religion and Medicine
keywords: Buddha; Cult; Foot; Japan; Jesus