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Ainu

Spirit of a Northern People
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In this collection some 55 scholars, mostly Japanese but with a considerable number from the US and Europe, write about the ethnicity, theories of origin, history, economies, art, religious beliefs, mythology, and other aspects of the culture of the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, now principally found in Hokkaido and smaller far northern islands. Hundreds of photographs and paintings show a wide variety of Ainu people, as well as clothing, jewelry, and various artifacts.
William Fitzhugh is the Director of the Arctic Studies Center-Smithsonian Institution.
This richly illustrated volume presents the most in-depth treatise available on the Ainu, the native people of northern Japan.
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