Ainu people

transformation of nation-state. As a result of this transformation, Ainu people were forced to be considered Japanese. This management made the identity of Ainu people less important. First of all, Ezo changed its name to Hokkaido in 1869 by the Meiji government because Ezo became a formal territory of the Meiji government. The government made family registers for Ainu people who lived in Hokkaido to adapt Ainu people as Japanese people (Kazushi 22). This nihonka simply led to a cultural imperialism

harvests their desire to learn. Autumn is the time for departure but having already fulfilled in wisdom and maturity. Fall is also the time to be thankful for all the things that occurred in your life. In Japan, the fall festivals are a way for the people to pray and be thankful for the harvests. Some festivals that occur in Japan during this time of the year are: Marimo Matsuri, Nada no Kenka Matsuri, Sichi-Go-San, Tori no Ichi, and the Kawagoe Matsuri. To begin with, the Kawagoe Matsuri in the Saitama

[Date] Ainu of Japan Introduction The indigenous people of Japan and Russia are called Ainu. Ainu is also referred as Aino, Aynu and Ezo in ancient text. The history showed that they spoke Ainu language and other varieties of languages. They lived mostly in Hokkaido, the Kuril Islands, and Sakhalin. The people who still called them Ainu live in those regions. The exact number of the population of Ainu is still unknown. There are confusing and conflicting issues with Ainu due to mixed heritages

Ainu are the oldest inhabitants of Japan, also the minority in Japan, they live in the Hokkaido region of Japan, has a long history and rich cultural background. The content will describe the Ainu language and their culture. By understanding the language and culture of Ainu, will help us better to understand the cultural diversity of modern Japanese society. Japan is considered the simplest ethnic composition country in the world. The majority people think that Japan is a single nation which is Yamato

remaining people of whom it is their first language. According to recent studies there are approximately over five thousand existing languages in the world. It’s estimated by linguists that the number of languages in the world may decrease by more than fifty percent in the next hundred years (Woodbury). Many language communities make efforts to preserve and revitalize their languages that are on the brink of extinction. One particular language that is considered severely threatened is the Ainu language

“In northern Japan, on the island of Hokkaido and a part of the Russian Sakhalin Island, lives a mysterious ethnic group, called Ainu… They are very distinct from the Japanese people and, before the Tungus invasion coming from mainland Asia (Korea and northern China), the whole archipelago was inhabited by Ainu. Ainu are shorter than the Japanese people, with lighter skin, robust body and short limbs. Unlike typical Mongoloids, their hair is wavy and the body hair is abundant; men wear large beards

It was amazing to experience the excitement of ceramics art at Los Angeles County Museum of Art and seeing the eyes of people who were staring at the ergonomically well designed Jomon pot that looked very difficult to design by hand. The size of the Jomon pottery was 22 inches in height and is nearly equivalent to a fish bucket and the shape of the Jomon was a wide cylinder that looked like it could store lots of amount of water and fish. The Jomon had a combination with variety types of clay that

Identification. The Japan ese names, Nihon and Japan , are alternative Reading of written characters that mean "origin of the sunlight " ("Land of the Rebellion Sun"). European names for the res publica probably originated with Marco Marco Polo , who most likely adopted a name for Japan used in a Chinese accent . The name "Yamato" is used by archaeologists and historians to distinguish Nipponese artistic genres from their Chinese counterparts. When used as a contemporary terminus , Yamato has strong

various reasons, mostly as a form of a punishment for people who committed crimes. It was also “introduced as a punishment because of its character that it´s not easy to get rid of” (Kurihara 2). These punishments were tatted on the criminal’s forehead making it visible to everyone. From punishing criminals, it also “spread among prostitutes, gamblers, construction workers and couriers as a fashion” (Kurihara 2). Considering the lower class that people such as prostitutes and gamblers reside in, the reputation

Cultural Anthropologist, I am in the Southern Kuril Islands Well journal first thing I want to get straight is I am studying the Ainu because I mainly wanted to learn about a culture that has different climates and environmental struggles than mine. I am staying with Petennouk and his wife Toitoi. They are both very generous and they have two kids, Munneke and Ipokash. The Ainu has a tropical climate everyday. In winter, there is much less rainfall than in summer. This climate is considered to be amazing