The gods of the sea: whales and coastal communities in northeast Japan, c.1600-2019

"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 shoc...

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Auteur principal: Holm, Fynn (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Melbourne Singapore Cambridge University Press 2023
Dans:Année: 2023
Collection/Revue:Cambridge oceanic histories
Sujets non-standardisés:B Asian History
B Whaling (Japan) History
B Asiatische Geschichte
B Fischerei & verwandte Industrie
B Norwegen
B Japan
B 1500 bis heute
B Russie
B Whaling Social aspects (Japan) History
B Généraux / Asia / HISTORY
B Japan History Tokugawa period, 1600-1868
B Japan History 1868-
B Geschichte der Seefahrt
Accès en ligne: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:"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"--
Part One: Living with Whales, 1600-1850 -- The Whale Pilgrimage -- The Beached God -- Bringing Sardines to the Shore -- Establishing Whaling in the North -- Part Two: Destroying the Cetosphere, 1850-2019 -- The Whaling Empire -- The First Whaling Town -- Burning Down the Whaling Station -- Washing Away the Past.
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1009305530
Accès:Open Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/9781009305532