Decorated with incised, geometric patterns, Satsumon pots are quite distinct ... Falling in time between the Jomon and the Ainu, the site is crucial to understanding Ainu development.

According to an expert, the chosen design overlaps with the “basic shape of Ainu patterns.” An ASDF representative said the design was decided based on ideas from members of the Second Air Wing.

A collaborative team of researchers from institutions like the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), University of the Basque ...

Watch the presentation "A New Mobile Life for Endangered Languages" here: Ainu is a language isolate, meaning it isn’t related to any other known language. Historically, it’s the language of ...

While on the island, he creates a transcript of the language of its indigenous inhabitants, the Ainu people. Piłsudski is much better known there, as in Poland he is greatly overshadowed by his ...

While learning to carve, Takano adopted the Ainu idea that deities dwell in nature, in tools, and everywhere else besides. 16:49 The patterns on these trays, called "ita," express the same outlook.

Her face is framed by powerfully carved flames soaring to heaven and intricate Ainu patterns are seen between the flames. A closer look also reveals tattoos around her mouth and on the back of her ...

After centuries of forced assimilation, Japan’s indigenous Ainu population, language and culture are emerging once more thanks to anime, the country’s thriving sub-cultures and YouTube.

The documentary screening at Tokyo Film Festival takes a deeply human look at the lives of the indigenous Ainu people of Japan's Hokkaido. By Gavin J Blair As Shogun was bathing in the glory of ...

Prior to 1869, Hokkaido was ruled by the native Ainu people, who also resided among the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin Island. During this time, the region was known by the native Ainu as Ezo ...

The immediate predecessors of the Ainu, who are the native people of northeastern Japan, occupied the site. Many archeologists consider the Ainu to be the last living descendants of the Jomon ...