Abstract
Although the basic meaning of "iyashi" and "healing" is identical, Japanese word " iyashi " has much heavier connotation of biophilia. So the roman transcription of Japanese word was used as an English translation of "iyashi". In the first half of the paper, the concept of Iyashi and its relation to design was reviewed in relation to biophilia and triadic approach to human affects. In the last half of the paper, after the discussions about the dimensional approach to affective phenomena, affective structure of iyashi was analyzed based on questionnaire survey. The result of survey revealed two components in people's concepts of iyashi feelings. These are mood factors and attachment factor. The existence of attachment factor in iyashi attested the importance of primary emotion system approach in unraveling affective phenomena.
