"Ainu Shinyoshu," or "Collection of Ainu Songs of Gods," compiled by author Chiri Yukie, has recently been translated into dozens of languages. Ainu folklore gains international following | NHK ...

The excerpts below were drawn from The Ainu and Their Folklore, by the Rev. John Batchelor (London: The Religious Tract Society, 1901). An English missionary who lived among the Ainu for several ...

The immediate predecessors of the Ainu, who are the native people of northeastern Japan, occupied the site. Many archeologists consider the Ainu to be the last living descendants of the Jomon ...

The book is deemed as the first Ainu folklore put into print directly by a member of the ethnic group, which does not have its own written language system. In the work’s preface, Chiri describes ...

He’s not the only Pole, however, to contribute to the study of cultures far and wide. Here, Culture.pl introduces you to a few others – from a chronicler of Ainu folklore to the first woman to lecture ...

SAPPORO--Protesters denounced as hate speech an event here that claims the Ainu people are not indigenous to Japan, which flies in the face of the law of the land. About 30 people gathered outside ...