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The Ainu of northern Japan: a study in conquest and acculturation
American Philosophical Society • 50 (4) • Published In 1960 • Pages: 88
By: Takakura, Shin’ichirō, Harrison, John A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a history of the Japanese conquest and acculturation of the Ainu and their culture. It covers discussions of: (1) social and economic organization of the Ainu at the time of Japanese penetration, (2) the conductive situation for colonization of the island of Ainu, and the rationale for Japanese colonization, (3) the process of colonization, and (4) the details of Japanese colonization policy concerning ceremonial arrangements and protocol, relief measures, medical treatment, education, law and the alterationn of customs. The work contains excellent chapter summaries and valuable footnotes on the linguistic analysis of Ainu terms. This monograph will be of value to researchers interested in an analysis of Ainu society and its institutions, and the colonization and assimilation of the Ainu by feudal Japan. Although most of the data in this monograph pertain to the history of the Ainu and not to recent conditions, the material has been indexeded in terms of modern Ainu society, due to the rarity of such data. Ainu culture is at present rapidly disintegrating.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- External relations
- Medium of exchange
- Fishing
- Kin relationships
- External trade
- Community structure
- Status, role, and prestige
- Household
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Collecting
- Annual cycle
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ainu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Hesung C. Koh ; 1962
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1400-1960
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Japan
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Shinichiro Takakura ; translated and annotated by John A. Harrison
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ainu