Imports and autarky: Tortoiseshell in early modern Japan

Chaiklin, Martha; Hofmeester, Karin; Grewe, Bernd-Stefan

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“…Tortoiseshell has been valued by many cultures for millennia and is derived from the carapace scutes of the hawksbill sea turtle that are then carved into decorative and functional objects (14). The modern trade can be traced to 17th century Japan and Europe, when tortoiseshell carving was popularized and trade facilitated by expanding colonial networks (15). Since the 19th century, the tortoiseshell industry in Japan has been the major producer of carved tortoiseshell (16,17).…”

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The historical development of complex global trafficking networks for marine wildlife

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The complexity of trade networks is a major challenge to controlling wildlife trafficking and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. These networks may not be modern inventions, but have developed over centuries, from integrated global markets that preceded modern regulatory policies. To understand these linkages, we curated 150 years of tortoiseshell transactions and derived biologically informed harvest models to estimate the trade in critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata). We find that trade networks concentrated in Southeast Asia harvested 9 million turtles, over six times previous estimates. These networks spread from within the Pacific, to the Indian and Atlantic basins, and became markedly more complex after 1950. Our results further indicate that the magnitude and extent of the coastally restricted hawksbill exploitation parallel current patterns of IUU fishing. Policies to combat these interlinked illegal practices should assimilate the important role of small-scale, coastal fisheries in these increasingly complex global networks.

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Introduction: Investigating Animals, Their Products, and Their Trades in the Indian Ocean World

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Gooding

2020

Animal Trade Histories in the Indian Ocean World

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Animals as Commodities

Cowie

2023

The Oxford Handbook of Commodity History

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Animal commodities have been central to human existence for millennia. As well as supplying human dietary needs in the form of meat, milk, and eggs, they have been used for clothing, ornamentation, dyeing, medicine, fertilizer, and fuel, and as domestic companions. Animal power has also been harnessed to harvest, transport, and process other major global commodities, from silver to teak. The chapter provides an overview of the commodification of animals and explores their changing role within global trade. It examines how the type and quantity of animal commodities shifted over time and emphasises the ecological and ethical issues posed by the commodification of animals. The chapter concludes with a study of the Pacific fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus), which was hunted to the point of extinction in the nineteenth century for its thick fur coat.

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Imports and autarky: Tortoiseshell in early modern Japan

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

The historical development of complex global trafficking networks for marine wildlife

The historical development of complex global trafficking networks for marine wildlife

Introduction: Investigating Animals, Their Products, and Their Trades in the Indian Ocean World

Animals as Commodities

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