A follow-up report of “whale flensing performance” held in the Showa era in Japan.

<p>This report follows up the previous report of “A preliminary report of whale flensing performance held in the Showa era in Japan” (Ishikawa 2014). Whale flensing performance (Kujira no kaitai shou) is one of the show businesses held in a bargain sale of local shopping center and supermarkets, or local festivals from 1970’s to 1980’s. A total of 48 cases that include 25 new cases were listed and it was expected much more record would be found in future. It seems more performances were held in 1970’s than in 1980’s and the whale flensing performance became in the early 1970’s at latest. Of those 47 prefectures in Japan, 21 were confirmed where the performances were held, and Osaka prefecture was the most frequent. Although an organizer of the whale flensing performance (host of the event) was a super market or grocery stores in many cases, a local nongovernment organization, such as the Chamber of Commerce and Industry also organized the performance frequently at various local festivals for the purpose of contribution to the development of local communities. A characteristic platform of the whale flensing performance was a temporal room with glazed sash fixed on the rear deck of a truck. It was called “Waku (frame)”, and was an idea to fulfill the demand of public health office. Although the whale flensing performances were also held on the temporal stage in the open air frequently, there were several cases that the local public health office did not issue a permit for selling of whale meat in the open air stage because of lack of facilities under a food hygiene law. Even though the whale flensing performance was in fashion for two decades long, there are very few records in literature. The Whale Laboratory continues to gather the information on this topic, because it should be recorded as aspects of whaling history and people’s life and culture in the Showa Era. </p>