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Postcard depicting a wooden pillow.

原始文化展覧会　記念絵葉書　（北海道アイヌ）　工芸美術研究会

Postcard depicting Ainu robe.

原始文化展覧会　記念絵葉書　（北海道アイヌ）　工芸美術研究会

Postcard from Hokkaido depicting Ainu necklaces.

原始文化展覧会　記念絵葉書　（北海道アイヌ）　工芸美術研究会

Omusha is the Ainu word for "greetings". However, it became loosely related to the Japanese word "onsha" meaning "favor and gratitude" which turned the Ainu ceremony of welcoming guests into a place where the Japanese reinforced their rule over the…

Illustration of Ainu people fishing on byobu wall screens.

A portrait of an Ainu woman from the 1920s.

Portrait of a present day Ainu man.

Group of Ainu people. Photo taken in 1904.

Originally all Ainu garments were made of skin, fur, and feathers, and these types of clothing survived in Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands into the twentieth century. Salmon skin was highly prized for making strong, light, durable waterproof…