The Japanese Culture of Mourning Whales Whale Graves and Memorial Monuments in Japan /

• Main Author: Itoh, Mayumi (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Ethnology.; Ethnology-Asia.; Japan-History.; Asia-Politics and government.; Environmental sociology.; Social Anthropology.; Asian Culture.; History of Japan.; Asian Politics.; Environmental Sociology.

This book provides an in-depth study of Japanese whaling culture, emphasizing how the Japanese have considered whales and whaling in relation to their understanding of nature and religion. It examines why and how the Japanese have mourned the deaths of whales, treating them as if they were human bei...