"This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Historical background -- 3. Whaling culture and whale graves in the Hokkaido and Tohoku regions -- 4. Whale shrines and temples in the Kanto region -- 5. Whale graves and monuments in the Chubu and Hokuriku regions -- 6. Sacred mountains of Buddhism and Shintoism and whaling culture in the Kansai-Kinki regions -- 7. Pure Land Buddhism and whaling culture in the Chugoku region -- 8. Pilgrimage of eighty-eight temples and whale graves in the Shikoku region -- 9. Buddhism, Catholicism, Shintoism, and whaling culture in the Kyushu region -- 10. Conclusion.
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