ABSTRACT This paper outlines the historical background of pre-modern
and
modern
whalingin
Japan
and
describes
the
three main types
of
whaling practiced
in
Jay?
in
recent
decades
-
large
type coastal, pelagic
and
small type coastal
whaling.
By
conjqaring
these
types,
weareable
toshow
that therearetwo
distinct sets
of
activitiesconcerned
withproduc-
tion
which show
remarkable
continuity
within
the
catching
and
processing
spheres respec-
tively.
At
the same
time,
the
differences
between
these spheres
are
also bridged
by
anumber
of social
and
cultural institutions
(which
are
particularly
apparent in
STCW
where
whaling
is
closely
integrated with local community
life).
These continuities
and
similarities,
and
the
several
bridgingmechanisms,
enableus
to
argue
for
existenceof
anintegrated
whalingculturABSTRACT This paper outlines the historical background of pre-modern
and
modern
whalingin
Japan
and
describes
the
three main types
of
whaling practiced
in
Jay?
in
recent
decades
-
large
type coastal, pelagic
and
small type coastal
whaling.
By
conjqaring
these
types,
weareable
toshow
that therearetwo
distinct sets
of
activitiesconcerned
withproduc-
tion
which show
remarkable
continuity
within
the
catching
and
processing
spheres respec-
tively.
At
the same
time,
the
differences
between
these spheres
are
also bridged
by
anumber
of social
and
cultural institutions
(which
are
particularly
apparent in
STCW
where
whaling
is
closely
integrated with local community
life).
These continuities
and
similarities,
and
the
several
bridgingmechanisms,
enableus
to
argue
for
existenceof
anintegrated
whalingcultur