What is Fuji?

redsoxfan325

Fuji is lots and lots of things, most notably the highest mountain (and also active volcano) in Japan. This Wikipedia page has a list of all the possible things Fuji could be. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuji Oct 08 08, 8:50 PM

author

You are right, but this is what I was looking for. Quote: Fuji (Chinese: 扶乩 or 扶箕; pinyin: fújī; Wade-Giles: fu chi) is a method of "planchette writing; spirit writing; automatic writing" using either a sieve or a stick to write Chinese characters in sand or incense ashes. Beginning around the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE), the fuji method and written characters changed from 扶箕 "support the sieve" (spirit-writing using a suspended sieve or winnowing tray) to 扶乩 "support the planchette" (using a stick or stylus, typically made from a willow or peach branch, and roughly resembling a dowsing-rod, see De Groot 1910 6:1296). Sieve divination or coscinomancy is culturally widespread, and Chao (1942:21) compares practices in ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, and India. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuji_(planchette_writing) Oct 08 08, 9:14 PM

skypilot024

Not so much of a what as a who. "Fuji" was a character on "McHale's Navy" in the 1960's. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055689/fullcredits#cast Oct 09 08, 8:27 PM