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020			_a9781009305532 (ebook)
020			_z9781009305518 (hardback)
020			_z9781009305556 (paperback)
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050	0	0	_aSH383.5.J5 _bH65 2023
082	0	0	_a639.2/80952 _223/eng/20230414
100	1		_aHolm, Fynn, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe gods of the sea : _bwhales and coastal communities in northeast Japan, c.1600-2019 / _cFynn Holm.
264		1	_aCambridge, United Kingdom ; _aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c2023.
300			_a1 online resource (ix, 223 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge oceanic histories
506	0		_aOpen Access. _fUnrestricted online access _2star
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Aug 2023).
505	0		_aPart 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.
520			_aJapan is often imagined as a nation with a long history of whaling. In this innovative new study, Fynn Holm argues that for centuries some regions in early modern Japan did not engage in whaling. In fact, they were actively opposed to it, even resorting to violence when whales were killed. Resistance against whaling was widespread especially in the Northeast among the Japanese fishermen who worshiped whales as the incarnation of Ebisu, the god of the sea. Holm argues that human interactions with whales were much more diverse than the basic hunter-prey relationship, as cetaceans played a pivotal role in proto-industrial fisheries. The advent of industrial whaling in the early twentieth century, however, destroyed this centuries-long equilibrium between humans and whales. In its place, communities in Northeast Japan invented a new whaling tradition, which has almost completely eclipsed older forms of human-whale interactions. This title is also available as Open Access.
650		0	_aWhaling _zJapan _xHistory.
650		0	_aWhaling _xSocial aspects _zJapan _xHistory.
651		0	_aJapan _xHistory _yTokugawa period, 1600-1868.
651		0	_aJapan _xHistory _y1868-
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781009305518
830		0	_aCambridge oceanic histories.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009305532
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