The Ainu
Book 1964 Watanabe, Hitoshi

AinuAsia > East Asia
Once one of the original inhabitants of much of the Japanese archipelago, the remaining Ainu, following Japanese encroachments and incursions, now occupy sections of Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and other islands. Being subject to often extreme acculturative ...

Ainu creed and cult
Book 1963 Munro, Neil Gordon et al.

AinuAsia > East Asia
The data for this document, related primarily to the religious life of the Ainu, were collected during the first three decades of the twentieth century by the principal author N.G. Munro, a British physician who lived for many years in Japan. This au...