@aquariumglass @emilypawley @DrSerpentine @emilypawley Maybe you can ask Nadin Hée at Freie Universitaet to see if she knows something -- she works on marine history (mostly tuna) but is co-editing a broader volume on Japan/marine stuff... See also Jstage database eg https://t.co/P1sv6zpPWv
Do you know the Japanese traditional custom on winter solstice called Yuzuyu? People take a bath with Yuzu (a kind of citrus) for good health. It comes from a play on words, Toji (冬至: the winter solstice) and Toji (湯治: hot-spring cure) . #ndldigital https://t.co/44KWsEc0jG https://t.co/ola1pTY2fG
Because sometimes, we all need lovely drawings of prize squid (from the official report of the Fourth National Industrial Exhibition, Kyoto, 1895) https://t.co/5grffzAg8Q https://t.co/4Z5W6ghgxd