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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_1514
dc.contributor.author	Kawashima Shūichi
dc.title	Fishing with kuji
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Existing studies of early-modern and modern fishing maps from across Japan have not examined how they were used by fishers themselves. This paper focuses on practices of ‘fishing with kuji’ (籤, lottery), in which lottery systems are used to determine fishing area usage, to understand the folk customs associated with fishing area maps. This paper focuses primarily on coastal areas of the eastern Kii Peninsula. Diverse fishing methods, such as gill nets and four-armed scoop nets, are used by different villages in this region. However, the villages each face a limited availability of coastal fishing areas. Out of necessity, the fishing areas must be divided, giving rise to fishing area maps, and the practice of assigning areas to fishers using kuji. Each region has also developed unique practices which are used during fishing seasons. These kuji have their origins in religious practices. However, an examination of the kuji draws in these coastal fisheries reveals both a method to ensure the equal distribution of fishing opportunities, and a view of a world in which fishers are constantly subject to the harsh whims of nature.
dc.relation.ispartof	Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	History and Society
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2018-03-26
dc.dateAccepted	2017-12-31
dc.dateSubmitted	2017-09-08
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-242-0/fishing-with-kuji/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-226-0/004
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8976
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9395
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-242-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-226-0
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Festival
dc.subject	Festival
dc.subject	Fishing regulation
dc.subject	Fishing regulation
dc.subject	Lottery
dc.subject	Lottery
dc.subject	Map of fishing areas
dc.subject	Map of fishing areas
dc.subject	l fishing
dc.subject	l fishing

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Fishing with kuji

Shūichi Kawashima Tohoku University

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Existing studies of early-modern and modern fishing maps from across Japan have not examined how they were used by fishers themselves. This paper focuses on practices of ‘fishing with kuji’ (籤, lottery), in which lottery systems are used to determine fishing area usage, to understand the folk customs associated with fishing area maps. This paper focuses primarily on coastal areas of the eastern Kii Peninsula. Diverse fishing methods, such as gill nets and four-armed scoop nets, are used by different villages in this region. However, the villages each face a limited availability of coastal fishing areas. Out of necessity, the fishing areas must be divided, giving rise to fishing area maps, and the practice of assigning areas to fishers using kuji. Each region has also developed unique practices which are used during fishing seasons. These kuji have their origins in religious practices. However, an examination of the kuji draws in these coastal fisheries reveals both a method to ensure the equal distribution of fishing opportunities, and a view of a world in which fishers are constantly subject to the harsh whims of nature.

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March 26, 2018

Accepted

Dec. 31, 2017

Submitted

Sept. 8, 2017

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978-88-6969-242-0

ISBN (EBOOK)

978-88-6969-226-0

Keywords: Lottery • Map of fishing areas • Festival • l fishing • Fishing regulation

permalink: http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-226-0/004

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