Early European Writings on Ainu Culture

Travelogues and Descriptions

• Author(s): Kirsten Refsing,
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Pages: 1250
• ISBN_10: 0700711554
  ISBN_13: 9780700711550
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies , Social Science / Regional Studies ,

Description:... This collection includes rare records of the first European encounters with the Ainu: in the main, travelogues and descriptions of the people, their culture and distinctiveness. Many earlier works were published in limited quantity and in obscure places, and they are often hard to trace for a researcher today. Republication of early Western works will help scholars researching the Ainu, and will also be of interest to scholars of anthropology, religion, material culture, oral traditions, and linguistics.