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The Ainos of Yezo Japan
Report of the U.S. National Museum, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 1890 • Washington, D.c. • Published In 1891 • Pages: 429-502
By: Hitchcock, Romyn.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents a generalized ethnography of the Yezo Ainus, with special emphasis throughout on Japanese-Ainu cultural relations and influences, both as they exist at the present time and in the past. The author, a natural scientist, discusses at length the physical characteristics of the Ainu, then continues with brief resumes of Ainu clothing, house-types, household utensils and food, use of intoxicationg beverages (i.e. Sake), smoking apparatus, musical instruments, weaving, mode of personal greetings, marriage customs, sanctions, weapons, boats and religion. The author concludes with a lengthy discussion of the Ainu Bear Cult and associated ceremonialism and Ainu mythology with many illustrative examples from the literature. The entire work is supplemented by thirty-seven photographic plates illustrating various aspects of Ainu culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ainu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Natural Scientist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1962
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1888
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1888
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Yezo, Japan
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Romyn Hitchcock
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 501-502) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 14019773
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ainu