Manako Ogawa
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824839611
- eISBN:
- 9780824869595
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824839611.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Pacific Studies
This book provides new insights into Japanese lives in Hawai‘i by offering an alternative chronological history unique to fishing communities. In Japan, fishermen and their families constantly ...
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This book provides new insights into Japanese lives in Hawai‘i by offering an alternative chronological history unique to fishing communities. In Japan, fishermen and their families constantly traveled to various parts of the nation and beyond since ancient times. Their advancement to Hawaiian waters since the late nineteenth century quickly pushed aside native fishermen and established themselves by dominating the local fishing industry. Even when outbreak of the Pacific War crippled Japanese fishing activities, those of the fishing industry paved the way for the post-war revival under the military rule. After the war, the Japanese fishermen returned to Hawaiian waters and reconstructed the industry. Starting in the 1960s, fishermen from Okinawa began to come to Hawai‘i and supplemented the ranks of retiring Japanese fishermen. From the late twentieth century on, many fishermen with various ethnic backgrounds have replaced their Japanese and Okinawan counterparts, although the Japanese influence on the local fisheries industry remains noticeable even today.Less
This book provides new insights into Japanese lives in Hawai‘i by offering an alternative chronological history unique to fishing communities. In Japan, fishermen and their families constantly traveled to various parts of the nation and beyond since ancient times. Their advancement to Hawaiian waters since the late nineteenth century quickly pushed aside native fishermen and established themselves by dominating the local fishing industry. Even when outbreak of the Pacific War crippled Japanese fishing activities, those of the fishing industry paved the way for the post-war revival under the military rule. After the war, the Japanese fishermen returned to Hawaiian waters and reconstructed the industry. Starting in the 1960s, fishermen from Okinawa began to come to Hawai‘i and supplemented the ranks of retiring Japanese fishermen. From the late twentieth century on, many fishermen with various ethnic backgrounds have replaced their Japanese and Okinawan counterparts, although the Japanese influence on the local fisheries industry remains noticeable even today.
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804748636
- eISBN:
- 9780804779395
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804748636.003.0040
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature
In this chapter, Shinkei sees the present state of renga in a negative way and is equally pessimistic about its future. It is clear that he was lamenting the decline of poetry during his era similar ...
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In this chapter, Shinkei sees the present state of renga in a negative way and is equally pessimistic about its future. It is clear that he was lamenting the decline of poetry during his era similar to the alleged Counterfeit and Degenerate Age of the Buddhist Dharma. Furthermore, Shinkei argues that poetry is unimportant relative to the more exigent and transcendent claims of religious enlightenment. In 1463, during a perilous mission in Wakayama, Shinkei ends on a tremendously fragile note, but this same ambivalence became an occasion to begin all over again two years later, when he was safely back in the capital and rethinking his concept of the nonduality of the Ways of Poetry and Buddhism, the distinguishing feature of Sasamegoto II.Less
In this chapter, Shinkei sees the present state of renga in a negative way and is equally pessimistic about its future. It is clear that he was lamenting the decline of poetry during his era similar to the alleged Counterfeit and Degenerate Age of the Buddhist Dharma. Furthermore, Shinkei argues that poetry is unimportant relative to the more exigent and transcendent claims of religious enlightenment. In 1463, during a perilous mission in Wakayama, Shinkei ends on a tremendously fragile note, but this same ambivalence became an occasion to begin all over again two years later, when he was safely back in the capital and rethinking his concept of the nonduality of the Ways of Poetry and Buddhism, the distinguishing feature of Sasamegoto II.
Jakobina Arch
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824836924
- eISBN:
- 9780824871109
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824836924.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter examines the development of whaling in Wakayama during the nineteenth century. It begins with a discussion of the whales targeted by the shore-based whaling industry in the Kumano coast ...
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This chapter examines the development of whaling in Wakayama during the nineteenth century. It begins with a discussion of the whales targeted by the shore-based whaling industry in the Kumano coast of Wakayama Prefecture. It then considers the transformation of the Japanese whaling industry at the end of the nineteenth century from a centuries-old native practice to a modern, industrial practice. It asks whether Meiji industrialization and modernization helped promote innovation in the whaling industry and explores the maritime environment on which the Kumano whalers relied, along with the ways in which Japanese whaling's modern transformation arose from responses to global impacts on whale populations. It argues that the change in environmental conditions caused by unregulated international competition for increasingly scarce resources was the most important factor driving new practices in the Japanese whaling industry.Less
This chapter examines the development of whaling in Wakayama during the nineteenth century. It begins with a discussion of the whales targeted by the shore-based whaling industry in the Kumano coast of Wakayama Prefecture. It then considers the transformation of the Japanese whaling industry at the end of the nineteenth century from a centuries-old native practice to a modern, industrial practice. It asks whether Meiji industrialization and modernization helped promote innovation in the whaling industry and explores the maritime environment on which the Kumano whalers relied, along with the ways in which Japanese whaling's modern transformation arose from responses to global impacts on whale populations. It argues that the change in environmental conditions caused by unregulated international competition for increasingly scarce resources was the most important factor driving new practices in the Japanese whaling industry.
Manako Ogawa
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824839611
- eISBN:
- 9780824869595
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824839611.003.0002
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Pacific Studies
This chapter examines the history and culture of fishing in Japan, especially Wakayama, Yamaguchi, and Hiroshima prefectures. These prefectures sent many fishermen to Hawai‘i who developed the modern ...
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This chapter examines the history and culture of fishing in Japan, especially Wakayama, Yamaguchi, and Hiroshima prefectures. These prefectures sent many fishermen to Hawai‘i who developed the modern commercial fishing industries there. This chapter distinguishes the historical, cultural, and social backgrounds of fishing communities in Japan.Less
This chapter examines the history and culture of fishing in Japan, especially Wakayama, Yamaguchi, and Hiroshima prefectures. These prefectures sent many fishermen to Hawai‘i who developed the modern commercial fishing industries there. This chapter distinguishes the historical, cultural, and social backgrounds of fishing communities in Japan.
