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Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People Paperback – August 15, 1999

by William Fitzhugh (Editor), Chisato O. Dubreuil (Editor)

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The Ainu, a seafaring people of northern Japan and formerly Sakhalin and Kuril Islands, share many cultural traits with other North Pacific peoples. This richly illustrated, encyclopedic book complementing a 1999 exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, documents Ainu archaeology, ethnology, history, and modern life, presenting their traditional artifacts, clothing, art, and belief systems in the past and today.

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416 pages
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English
Publisher

Arctic Studies Center
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August 15, 1999
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8.25 x 1.25 x 10.5 inches
ISBN-10

0967342902
ISBN-13

978-0967342900
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"The most in-depth treatise available on Ainu prehistory, material culture, and ethnohistory." -- Library Journal

"The most in-depth treatise available on Ainu prehistory, material culture, and ethnohistory." -- Library Journal

About the Author

William Fitzhugh is director of the Arctic Studies Center and curator of anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Chisato O. Dubreuil, of native Ainu descent, is a specialist in Ainu history, culture, and art. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Arctic Studies Center; Reprint edition (August 15, 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0967342902
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0967342900
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 1.25 x 10.5 inches

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Leslie Verts

this is a must read and an excellent addition to their bookshelf to be read and admired ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2016

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This is an incredible book. In 2005, I had the opportunity to travel to Sapporo, Japan. While there, I came upon a very tiny store owned by an Ainu woman who was stitching traditionally patterned coats, jackets, and various-sized flat pieces, along with knives and many other implements used in their daily lives. Although we did not understand one another's languages, we spoke textile. I then came upon a few small books filled with traditional Ainu stitched patterns. I went back to her shop and showed her the books--she of course also had them. She went into the back of her shop and came out with a piece she had duplicated from one of the photos--of course, I purchased it. All of what she had in her shop is reflected in this book. For anyone interested in the ethnography of ethnic groups with ancient histories, this is a must read and an excellent addition to their bookshelf to be read and admired again and again for decades.

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Guy de la Rupelle

A "must have" book for the Ainu researcher

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2004

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In addition to what the other readers have written I would also add that this book is truly a "must-have" for anyone having an interest either in the Ainu specifically, or native peoples such as the Aleuts, the Inuits, the Polynesians, the Moari, etc. This, in part, because anyone interested in the Ainu will be hard-pressed to find a great deal of books in print regarding this topic, in any case in English. Photographs or Ainu artifacts are perfect and highly details, and there are a great deal of reproductions of "Ainu-e", or paintings done by the Japanese when they were slowly but surely in the process of taking over what is today Hokkaido. These are invaluable because they are rich in detail and depict a way of life that no longer exists, much in the same way that Edward Curtis' photographs of the Native Indians in the US are. I would personally recommend the hard-cover version though more pricy is a much better book to own in one's collection.

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Ariel Valerie

large and colorful

Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2013

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This is like an encyclopedia of info on the Ainu....I love the details and links it makes...I wouldn't usually order something like this ....but it makes a great and handy reference

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Professor Richard

Excellent Seller & Fine Text on a Unique Culture

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2015

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An excellent ethnographic text with fine examples of material culture. The seller, Henderson Books,was superb. The book was described exactly and well packed for shipping.

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Excellent Sourcebook

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2005

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Excellent collection of essays- some repetitive, all comprehensive, accompanied by extremely good illustrations and photographs.

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Momo Sakurai

Great!

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2014

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Most complihensive book on Ainu.

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Kiki Grey

A Great Help

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2019

I'm a writer that's doing a massive research project on the Ainu. This was the first book I purchased for said project and a lot of the sections are extremely useful. The wide breadth of topics especially on the culture are what I need to draw reference from. Granted, I have other books that cover certain topics in much greater depth and the sections here pale in comparison, but this still has a lot of indispensable information. The section on clothing was easily one of the most important for me.

All in all, if anyone's interested in the Ainu, this is one of the best books to have. It's pricey as heck (especially the hardcover edition) but 100% worth it.

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Fenevad

Truly an excellent volume

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2000

Often scholarly volumes have excellent content but are poorly produced and edited while musem volumes are often well produced and edited but lack serious and contemporary scholarly material--they become catalogues of artifacts without real contextualizing material.
Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People manages to overcome both of these problems. As a scholarly volume it has excellent content (much of which has not been previously available to non-Japanese speakers) and is well-produced and beautifully laid out.
Aside from some small quibbles I have with some other articles seeming truncated for space concerns and others for not presenting enough information (notably the articles dealing with Ainu language/linguistics), I find little to find fault with. Even my concerns about some aspects of the volume are only a request for more, not a complaint with what is in the volume.
Overall this volume does a wonderful job of making contemporary Ainu research accessible to the lay reader while also presenting enough scholarly material to make it worth-while reading for those with a deeper interest in the Ainu. Even though the volume does not deal directly with the area of my research, the amount of knowledge it conveys has foced me to rethink aspects of my own work.

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