Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People

by Fitzhugh, William W.

• ISBN13: 9780967342900
• ISBN10: 0967342902
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

Summary

"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, andother aspects of the culture of the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, now principally found in Hokkaido and smaller far northern islands. Hundredsof photographs and paintings, mostly in excellent quality color, show a wide variety of Ainu people, as well as clothing, jewelry, and various artifacts." - Choice"The most in-depth treatise availableon Ainu prehistory, material culture, and ethnohistory." - Library Journal

Table of Contents

Preface
Ainu Association of Hokkaido	7	(1)
Jiro Sasamura
Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum	7	(2)
Shigeru Kayano
Introduction
Ainu Ethnicity: A History	9	(20)
William W. Fitzhugh
PART I Theories of Ainu Origins
Ainu Origin Theories	29	(3)
S. A. Arutiunov
Ainu Homelands: Natural History from Ice Age to Modern Times	32	(7)
Yugo Ono
Prehistoric Hokkaido and Ainu Origins	39	(8)
Kiyoshi Yamaura
Hiroshi Ushiro
Ainu Ties with Ancient Cultures of Northeast Asia	47	(5)
Toshihiko Kikuchi
Ancient People of the North Pacific Rim: Ainu Biological Relationships with Their Neighbors	52	(5)
Hajime Ishida
Ainu Language: Features and Relationships	57	(10)
Suzuko Tamura
PART II Historic Period
Ainu History: An Overview	67	(7)
Richard Siddle
Early Ainu Contacts with the Japanese	74	(5)
Isao Kikuchi
Ainu-e: A Historical Review	79	(7)
Toshikazu Sasaki
Trading Brokers and Partners with China, Russia, and Japan	86	(6)
Shiro Sasaki
Tourism, Assimilation, and Ainu Survival Today	92	(4)
Kazuyoshi Ohtsuka
The Ainu and the Early Modern Japanese State, 1600-1868	96	(6)
David L. Howell
Foreign Contagions, Ainu Medical Culture and Conquest	102	(6)
Brett L. Walker
From Assimilation to Indigenous Rights: Ainu Resistance Since 1869	108	(8)
Richard Siddle
Ainu and Northwest Coast Peoples: A Comparison	116	(9)
Motomichi Kono
William W. Fitzhugh
PART III Ainu ``Discovery'': Collectors, Museums, and the Public
The European Image of the Ainu as Reflected in Museum Collections	125	(7)
Josef Kreiner
The St. Petersburg Ainu Collections	132	(4)
Shinko Ogihara
Ainu Collections in North America: Documentation Projects and the Frederick Starr Collections	136	(12)
Yoshinobu Kotani
Romyn Hitchcock and the Smithsonian Ainu Collection	148	(7)
Chang-su Houchins
Batchelor, Starr, and Culin: The Brooklyn Museum of Art Collection	155	(7)
Amy Poster
An Enthusiastic Quest: Hiram Hiller and Jenichiro Oyabe in Hokkaido, 1901	162	(6)
Adria H. Katz
From Snowshoe to ``Corn Mortars'': Early Ainu Collections at the American Museum of Natural History	168	(8)
Laurel Kendall
Japanese Ainu Collections	176	(7)
Nobukatsu Aoyagi
Koji Deriha
The Ainu Museum Foundation	183	(4)
Shigeki Akino
The Ainu in Ethnographic Films	187	(6)
Kazuo Okada
PART IV Ainu Mosir: Land, Spirits, and Culture
Kamuy: Gods You Can Argue With	193	(5)
Hisakazu Fujimura
The Ainu Ecosystem	198	(4)
Hitoshi Watanabe
Foods of Choice	202	(6)
Toshihiro Kohara
Technology, Settlement and Hunting Rituals	208	(14)
Hans Dieter Olschleger
The Ainu on Whales and Whaling	222	(5)
Masami Iwasaki-Goodman
Masahiro Nomoto
Home and Settlement: Chise and Kotan	227	(7)
Masahiro Nomoto
Village Work: Seasons and Gender Roles	234	(6)
Mitsunori Keira
Tomoko Keira
Ainu Sociality	240	(6)
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
Ainu Children's Play	246	(2)
Miyuki Muraki
Spirit-Sending Ceremonies	248	(8)
Shigeki Akino
The Archaeology of Iyomante	256	(5)
Hiroshi Utagawa
Ainu Shamanism	261	(7)
Kan Wada
Igor Krupnik
Life and Death	268	(6)
Hisakazu Fujimura
Mythology and Animal Tales	274	(4)
Shinko Ogihara
Yukar: Epics of Heroes	278	(4)
Mie Oginaka
To Live is to Sing	282	(5)
Kazuyuki Tanimoto
PART V Even Without a Word For Art...
Ainu Art: The Beginnings of Tradition	287	(14)
Chisato O. Dubreuil
Saranip and Tenki: Ainu Basketry and North Pacific Affinities	301	(8)
Nelson Graburn
Molly Lee
A Personal Rebirth through Traditional Ainu Basketry	309	(4)
Nobuko Tsuda
Clothing and Ornamentation	313	(14)
Mari Kodama
Ikupasuy: It's Not a Mustache Lifter!	327	(8)
Fosco Maraini
David Dubreuil
Ainu Journey: From Tourist Art to Fine Arts	335	(20)
Chisato O. Dubreuil
PART VI Ainu Present and Future
Shishirimuka: A Saru River Tale	355	(4)
Koichi Kaizawa
Ainu in the International Arena	359	(7)
Kelly L. Dietz
The Ainu Shinpo: A New Beginning	366	(3)
Teruki Tsunemoto
Beyond the Ainu Shinpo: An Ainu View	369	(2)
Jiro Sasamura
Ainu Language: Present and Future	371	(3)
Hiroshi Nakagawa
Itaomachip: Reviving a Boat-Building and Trading Tradition	374	(3)
Kazuyoshi Ohtsuka
The Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum	377	(2)
Hideki Yoneda
The Heart Fuchi Conveyed	379	(3)
Tomoko Keira
Checklist of Artifacts Illustrated in This Volume	382	(7)
List of Illustrations	389	(4)
Bibliography	393	(12)
Credits	405	(2)
Acknowledgments	407	(3)
Index	410