[KS] Beginning of dog-meat consumption

[Youngsook Pak]

Dear Julien,

The earliest evident of consuming dog as meat can be seen in a Koguryo wall
painting, Anak No. 3 (dated 357). Next to the kitchen a meat store is
depicted where several animals are hanging from large hooks. Whenever I
teach Koguryo tomb paintings in my art history course, I show this
illustration and explain that in ancient times dog was regarded more like
other meat (cow, pig and sheep etc.)

Professor Whitfield adds that in the tomb of Emperor Jing, the third
emperor of the Han dynasty (reigned 156-139 BC), thousands of pottery
figurines of animals intended for the Emperor's consumption in the
afterlife were found in the eighty-one trenches radiating from the tomb.
They included dogs as well as cattle, sheep, pigs and so on. I shall give a
detailed discussion in my forthcoming article on Korea and Silk Road in *Silk
Road Journal* (Seattle Washington University).

Best wishes for your research.

Youngsook Pak

On 16 May 2013 14:58, Walraven, B.C.A. <B.C.A.Walraven at hum.leidenuniv.nl>wrote:

> Dear Julien,****
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> It certainly isn’t anything recent. In the Choson period people were
> bribed with dog meat. Have a look at my chapter in Katarzyna Cwiertka (ed.)
> Asian Food: the local and the global, where you will also find other
> references. And look out for work by Elmer Veldkamp who has done a PhD
> thesis at Tokyo University on attitudes toward animals in Korea and Japan.
> He has published some articles in Japanese, Korean and English. ****
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> Good luck,****
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> Boudewijn Walraven****
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> *From:* Koreanstudies [mailto:koreanstudies-bounces at koreaweb.ws] *On
> Behalf Of *Julien Dugnoille
> *Sent:* woensdag 15 mei 2013 17:18
> *To:* <koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
> *Subject:* [KS] Beginning of dog-meat consumption****
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> Dear all, ****
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> I am currently doing ethnographic research on the emergence of animal
> welfare in South Korea and am still unsure about the following question for
> which I have received contradictory answers: when did dog-meat consumption
> start in Korea?****
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> Should it be traced back to antiquity or to 20th century food shortages? I
> would deeply appreciate it if anyone knew of reliable sources I could
> consult regarding the matter.****
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> Many thanks in advance for any answer.****
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> Julien Dugnoille****
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> D.Phil. Candidate ****
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> School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography (SAME)****
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> University of Oxford****
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