Challenging common portrayals of Japan as a centuries-old whaling nation, Fynn Holm shows that many coastal communities in early modern Northeast Japan believed whales to be the incarnation of the god of the sea that brought fish to the shore, leading to violent anti-whaling protests that shocked the country.
Challenging common portrayals of Japan as a centuries-old whaling nation, Fynn Holm shows that many coastal communities in early modern Northeast Japan believed whales to be the incarnation of the god of the sea that brought fish to the shore, leading to violent anti-whaling protests that shocked the country.
Fynn Holm is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Economic, Social, and Environmental History department at University of Bern.
Inhaltsangabe
Part One. Living with Whales, 1600-1850 1. The Whale Pilgrimage 2. The Beached God 3. Bringing Sardines to the Shore 4. Establishing Whaling in the North Part Two. Destroying the Cetosphere, 1850-2019 5. The Whaling Empire 6. The First Whaling Town 7. Burning Down the Whaling Station 8. Washing Away the Past.
Part One. Living with Whales, 1600-1850 1. The Whale Pilgrimage 2. The Beached God 3. Bringing Sardines to the Shore 4. Establishing Whaling in the North Part Two. Destroying the Cetosphere, 1850-2019 5. The Whaling Empire 6. The First Whaling Town 7. Burning Down the Whaling Station 8. Washing Away the Past.
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