The action of painting a face with India ink also used to be an action for good luck, and India ink was considered to have an effect of protection from evil, and of protection from disease due to its antiseptic effect. |
墨を塗る行為も元は縁起行為であり、墨には厄除けや殺菌効果としての病気除けの効果があると考えられていた。 |