Such ways of thinking had been retained through the Edo period and sublimated into an idea, which resulted in the practice of utilizing every inch of captured whales as a resource and a number of mounds for whales erected in various locations throughout Japan.
これらの思いが、江戸時代まで続き昇華した結果として、捕鯨によるクジラの資源としての徹底利用や、鯨塚が日本各地にある理由でもある。