FEB 23: Jakobina Arch on ‘Mitigating Risks of Coastal Sailing: Adaptations to Oceanic Dangers in Early-Modern Japan’

Jakobina Arch takes a deep dive into risk mitigation practices on the high seas to expand our understanding of transport and travel into coastal waters, focusing particularly on adaptations to maritime hazards at different levels: from shogunal regulations protecting tax rice, to the practices of coastal villagers rescuing ships and sailors in danger. The far-reaching influence of Tokugawa’s maritime travel, despite its dangers, reveals the ways in which coastal waters were part of life on land.