2018 Volume 58 Issue 3 Pages 101-111
The purpose of this research is to clarify the background and conditions of the whaling enterprises in Kyushu entering the Mishima Sea in the late Edo period. The advance of whaling companies in Kyushu to the fishery in Kitaura area (North Western Coast of Yamaguchi Prefecture) started from the mid-modern period. After that, continued changing the fishing ground until late Edo period. Among them, the superiority of the whaling industry of Kayoi, Setozaki and Kawashiri was seen. Whaling companies in Kyushu fished in most of the Kitaura area fishing grounds. Due to the declining trend of captured whales in the Saikai region, whaling companies in Kyushu pioneered the development of fishing grounds in Kitaura area. On the other hand, the Hagi clan later in the early modern era began using the activities of whaling companies in Kyushu, following the entry into the Mishima Sea.
