> It is with this holistic notion of the relationship between humans, soul, other living things as well as inanimate nature in the life-world that Ogata and sixteen other Minamata disease sufferers established the 'Association of the Original Vow' (Hongan no Kai 本願の会) in 1995.

https://apjjf.org/2012/10/42/Shoko-YONEYAMA/3845/article.html

One of these statues has Masazumi Harada's name on it. He is a key person for learning Minamata. #StoneBuddha #Jizo #Nobotoke #地蔵 #野仏 #Minamata #MinamataDisease #MasatoOgata #OgataMasato

Life-world: Beyond Fukushima and Minamata

Key words: Fukushima, Minamata, World RiskSociety, nuclear disaster, modernity, environmental ethics, connectedness,spirituality, soul, life-world, Ulrich Beck, Ogata Masato 1. Introduction German soc

The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
> The strength of Ogata’s notion of spirituality is that it is not ‘other worldly’. Instead, his concept of spirituality is firmly rooted to this world, which includes not only intangible but also observable aspects of nature and people.