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Ainu culture is the culture of the Ainu people, from around the 13th century (late Kamakura period) to the present. Today, most Ainu people live a life superficially similar to that of mainstream Japanese people, partly due to cultural assimilation. However, while some people conceal or downplay their Ainu identity, Ainu culture is still ...
The Ainu share affinities with the Nanai and Nivkh minorities in Siberia, as well as across the Arctic via the Aleutian Islands. Their art is rooted in the patterns found on tools and ritual objects of the Old Bering Sea culture of circa 300 CE. Living close to nature, the Ainu survived through hunting, fishing and some limited agriculture.
Other key institutions include The Foundation for Research and Promotion of Ainu Culture (FRPAC), established by the Japanese government after the enactment of the Ainu Culture Law in 1997; the Hokkaidō University Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, [158] established in 2007; and various museums and cultural centers. The Ainu people living ...
Mautarake, with a beard, unbound hair, synophrys, sanpaku eyes, large ears and nose, and a hairy body; his robe is wrapped right over left As was common in contemporary Ainu genre painting, the Ainu elders are depicted with stereotyped physiognomic and bodily deviations that emphasize their alterity, in particular hairiness — beards, unbound hair, hairy hands, hairy legs, hairy feet, a ...
The Sapporo Ainu Culture Promotion Center (札幌市アイヌ文化交流センター, Sapporo-shi Ainu Bunka Kōryū Sentā), also known as Sapporo Pirka Kotan (サッポロピㇼカコタン) [2] or "Beautiful Village", [1] opened in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, in 2003. [1]
The National Ainu Museum (国立アイヌ民族博物館, Kokuritsu Ainu Minzoku Hakubutsukan) is a museum located in Shiraoi, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is situated within the grounds of Upopoy (ウポポイ), a park complex that serves as a "symbolic space for ethnic harmony". [ 1 ]
The matanpushi (Ainu/Japanese: マタンプシ) is a traditional garment worn by the Ainu people of Japan. [1] Complementing the sapanpe - which is worn by men - the matanpushi is usually worn by women in modern Ainu ceremonies, although originally it was a common facet of Ainu fashion among men. [2]
There is only one Ainu kotan still continually inhabited to the present day, the Lake Akan kotan in Kushiro. In 1959, there were still a scattering of Ainu kotans around Lake Akan, before Mitsuko Maeda of the Maeda Ippoen Foundation (an organization that helped in conserving Lake Akan) suggested the remaining Ainu to relocate to the new land purchased by him.