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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Main Author:	Holm, Fynn (Author)
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Series:	Cambridge oceanic histories.
Subjects:	Whaling > Japan > History. Whaling > Social aspects > Japan > History. Japan > History > Tokugawa period, 1600-1868. Japan > History > 1868- Baleines > Chasse > Japon > Histoire. Baleines > Chasse > Aspect social > Japon > Histoire. Japon > Histoire > 1600-1868 (Époque des Tokugawa) Japon > Histoire > 1868- Whaling Whaling > Social aspects Japan Since 1600 Electronic books. History
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