Tag: Ainu
In Japan, the Ainu seek dignity for their dead
LETTER FROM HOKKAiDO In this archive photograph, Ainu people wear their traditional clothing. WIKIMEDIA In the struggle of the Ainu to regain their dignity, the question of respect for the…
The Ainu people in Japan, a tested minority
Ainu artist and activist Shizue Ukaji, in 2009. JUN TAKAGI “We Ainu know how to interpret our dreams. A crow in a dream guides us by its gaze or its…