Study of Moxa. (Part 7) / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

Neither stamp mills nor water mills are observed in the present moxa factories. These mills had been used in various districts until the Showa period. For the purpose of preserving the record of these disappearing mills, we talked to persons related to factories in the past, visited the districts with these mills, and investigated the literature.<br>The water mill in the Kijima Moxa factory had a diameter of 3.6m. The water mill in the Kameya Sakyo Shoten had a diameter of about 5m and the capacity of 30 horsepower; its moxa production was the highest in Japan. The stamp mill in the Kijima factory was made of keyaki and had a diameter of 48cm and a depth of 23cm; the pestle was a rectangular parallelepiped (11.5×11.5×280cm).<br>The Sekihara Moxa factory was by tradition initiated during the Tempo period (about 1840). The equipment in this factory in the Showa period was similar to that in the Kijima Moxa factory.