Japanese linguist Prof. Kyosuke Kindaichi tape records the age-old stories of a bearded Ainu village chief in 1962 on the island of Hokkaido in Japan.
Japanese linguist Professor Kyosuke Kindaichi tape records the stories of a bearded Ainu village chief on the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. The 73-year-old man was one of only 300 pure-blooded Ainu (pronounced I-noo) still living when this historical photograph was taken in 1962. Since that time the Ainu have assimilated into Japanese society and their age-old way of life is only glimpsed today in special tourist villages. The Ainu were officially recognized as indigenous people of Japan in 2008. ( Ainu studies scholar Kindaichi died in 1971.)
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Location: Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia
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