Structure of Healing in Contemporary Japan - An Analysis of Mizuko kuyo

在这个研究项目中，我们进行了两种调查研究。一项研究中，我们询问了水子kuyo寺庙（也就是那些提供水子kuyo服务的寺庙）和那些有关心理现象的专业人士（日语称为“shinrei-ka”）。另一项研究是我们询问了京都所有的寺庙关于水子寺。我们的研究结果总结如下。(1)大部分的水子kuyo寺庙在1965年后才开始提供水子kuyo服务。(2)最近的数字。Mizuko kuyo客户的数量已经趋于平稳。这并不意味着Mizuko kuyo不再流行，而是意味着这一习俗已经成为日本社会的一种文化项目。(3)近80%的水子kuyo寺庙的一次服务收费在1000日元到3万日元之间，60%的水子kuyo寺庙每月提供10次以上的服务，这意味着每个寺庙的水子kuyo相对来说是一个小生意。许多Mizuko kuyo的客户都是20多岁的年轻人。在大多数情况下，他们有自己的Mizukos。也就是说，他们中的大多数人自己都堕胎过。他们满怀罪恶感或对水子族“报复”的恐惧，去寺庙。(5)京都市约有35%的寺庙提供水子久代服务。

In this research project we carried out two kinds of survey research. One is a research in which we asked Mizuko kuyo temples (i. e., those temples which offer Mizuko kuyo services) and those professionals concerning psychic phenomena(called "shinrei-ka" in Japanese). And the other is a research where we asked all the temples in Kyoto City about Mizuko kuyo. Our findings are summarized as follows.(1)Most of Mizuko kuyo temples begarx Mizuko kuyo services only after 1965.(2)Recently the number. of Mizuko kuyo clients has leveled off. This dose not mean Mizuko kuyo ceased to be popular but means that the custom has been established as a cultural item in Japanese society.(3)Almost 80% of Mizuko kuyo temples charge 1, 000 yen to 30, 000 yen for a service, and 60% of them run Mizuko kuyo services Jess than ten times per a month, which means that Mizuko kuyo is relatively a small business for each temple.(4)Many of Mizuko kuyo clients are in their twenties. In most cases, they have their own Mizukos. That is, most of them themselves have had abortions. Filled with guilty feeling or fear of "tatari" (revenge) of Mizukos, they go to temples.(5)About 35% of all the temples in Kyoto City offer Mizuko kuyo services.