Note 57 — Chapter XL
Reading edition
Of the Dosha powder, to which the Japanese ascribe singular effects, M. Titsingh has given a curious account. “Illustrations,” p. 283. It was the invention of Kōbō, a great saint and sage, who, by profound meditation on the writings both of his own sect and others, had discovered that the great scourges of mankind are four; namely, Jigoku, hell; Gaki, hungry demon, woman; Chikushō, the man with a perverse heart; and Shura, war.