Whaling as a Clue to Resolving the Globalization vs. Anti-Globalization Issue

该项目涉及对日本和国外与捕鲸有关的历史遗址和原始资料的调查，以及项目组成员和当地线人之间进行的联合研究。研究结果可概括为以下几个方面。2.更广泛地理解捕鲸是人类与鲸鱼之间的相互关系，并认为捕鲸史是人类历史研究中不可或缺的一环。对现有关于捕鲸的看法进行重新思考。例如，关于日本传统捕鲸做法是在日本本土发展起来的论点，重新调查相关来源表明，1)17世纪，大量鲸油从日本出口到荷兰和英国的东印度贸易公司；2)日本将荷兰捕鲸技术的各个方面引入本国产业。此外，迄今为止对捕鲸的研究仅限于日本、欧洲和美国作为一个专门研究领域。这表明，日本以外的国家，如韩国和越南，需要比过去更好的覆盖面。现在很明显，捕鲸不仅是一个经济和商业的话题，而且有着深刻的社会和文化根源，影响着日常生活和意识，与鲸鱼有关的壁画、神话、文学和插图卷轴都表明了这一点。通过汇编与捕鲸有关的资料，已经准备了一个研究基础设施，其中不仅包括日本传统的地方资料来源，而且还包括在此之前容易被忽视的其他资料。例如，提供了Iki民俗博物馆、Geihinkan博物馆(江口收藏)、对马历史和民俗档案馆(Korikata Mainikki)和太地鲸博物馆保存的资料的全面目录和复制品。

The project involved a survey of historical sites and source materials in Japan and abroad related to whaling and joint research conducted between the members of the project team and local informants. The results may be summarized as follows.1. Attainment of a broader understanding of whaling as an interrelationship between humans and whales and the viewpoint that the history of whaling is an indispensable link in the study of human history.2. A reconsideration of the existing opinions about whaling.For example concerning the argument that traditional Japanese whaling practices developed indigenously within Japan, a reinvestigation of the related sources indicates that 1) large amounts of whale oil were exported from Japan to the East India Trading Companies of both the Netherlands and Great Britain during the 17^<th> century, and 2) Japan introduced various aspects of Dutch whaling technology into its own industry.In addition, the research to date on whaling has been limited exclusively to Japan, Europe and the United States as a specialized field of study.What this indicates is that whaling in countries other than Japan, like Korea and Vietnam, requires much better coverage that it has been given in the past.3. It is now clear that whaling is not only a topic of economics and commerce, but also has deep social and cultural roots influencing daily life and consciousness, as shown by whale-related wall paintings, mythology, literature and illustrated scrolls.4. Through the compilation of source materials related to whaling, a research infrastructure has been prepared which includes not only the conventional Japanese local sources, but also other materials which heretofore had been easily overlooked. For example, a comprehensive catalog and reproductions have been made available of sources held by the Iki Folklore Museum, Geihinkan Museum (Eguchi Collection), Tsushima History and Folklore Archives (Korikata Mainikki) and the Taiji Whale Museum.