A. Henry Savage Landor.
CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I.
- From Hakodate to Mororran—Volcano Bay—The first Ainu—A strange institution among them [1]
- CHAPTER II.
- From Mororran to the Saru River [12]
- CHAPTER III.
- Up the Saru River—Piratori and its chief [22]
- CHAPTER IV.
- An Ainu Festival [30]
- CHAPTER V.
- From the Saru River to Cape Erimo [35]
- CHAPTER VI.
- From Cape Erimo to the Tokachi River [44]
- CHAPTER VII.
- The Tokachi Region—Pure Ainu Types—Curious Mode of River Fishing [50]
- CHAPTER VIII.
- From the Tokachi River to the Kutcharo River [68]
- CHAPTER IX.
- The Koro-pok-kuru, or Pit-dwellers [78]
- CHAPTER X.
- The Kutcharo River and Lake—A Sulphur Mine—Akkeshi and its Bay [95]
- CHAPTER XI.
- From Akkeshi to Nemuro—A Horse Station—Nemuro and its People [106]
- CHAPTER XII.
- The Kurile Islands [121]
- CHAPTER XIII.
- On the East and North-East Coast—From Nemuro to Shari-Mombets [133]
- CHAPTER XIV.
- Along the Lagoons of the North-East Coast—From Shari-Mombets to Poronai [145]
- CHAPTER XV.
- On the North-East Coast—From Poronai to Cape Soya [157]
- CHAPTER XVI.
- From Cape Soya to the Ishikari River [167]
- CHAPTER XVII.
- The Ishikari River [179]
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- Nearing Civilisation [187]
- CHAPTER XIX.
- Completing the Circuit of Yezo—The End of my Journey [196]
- CHAPTER XX.
- Ainu Habitations, Storehouses, Trophies, Furniture—Conservatism [207]
- CHAPTER XXI.
- Ainu Art, Ainu Marks, Ornamentations, Weapons—Graves and Tattoos [218]
- CHAPTER XXII.
- Ainu Heads, and their Physiognomy [229]
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- Movements and Attitudes [236]
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- Ainu Clothes, Ornaments, and Tattooing [245]
- CHAPTER XXV.
- Ainu Music, Poetry, and Dancing [255]
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- Heredity—Crosses—Psychological Observations [266]
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- Physiological Observations—Pulse-beat and Respiration—Exposure—Odour of the Ainu—The Five Senses [274]
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- The Ainu Superstitions—Morals—Laws and Punishments [281]
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- Marital Relations, and Causes that limit Population [293]
- APPENDIX.
- I.—Measurements of the Ainu Body, and Descriptive Characters 298
- II.—Glossary of Ainu Words, many of which are found in Geographical Names in Yezo and the Kurile Islands [304]
- Index [313]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- Portrait of the Author [Frontispiece.]
- Aputa [1]
- Ainu Woman saluting [6]
- Toya Lake, near Aputa [11]
- Fisherman's Hut [12]
- Pack-Saddle [18]
- Norboribets Volcano [19]
- Horobets [21]
- Storehouses at Piratori [22]
- Benry, the Ainu Chief of Piratori [25]
- Ainu Man waving his Moustache-lifter before drinking [29]
- Ainu Festival, An [30]
- Ainu Women dancing [33]
- Piratori Woman in Costume [34]
- Utarop Rocks [35]
- Ainu Lashed Canoe [37]
- Front View of Lashed Canoe [38]
- Ainu Oars [38]
- Sailing Canoe [38]
- Ainu Wooden Anchors [39]
- Ainu Canoe, Top View of an [39]
- Erimo Cape [43]
- Natural Stone Archway, A [44]
- Iwa Rocks at Biru [49]
- Ainu Houses and Storehouse, Frishikobets, Tokachi River [50]
- Madwoman of Yammakka [55]
- Ainu Woman of Frishikobets, on the Tokachi River [60]
- Shikarubets Otchirsh, The [67]
- Ainu Man of the Upper Tokachi [68]
- Ainu Hook for Smoking Bear-Meat [77]
- Koro-pok-kuru Fort [78]
- Flint Arrow-Heads [78]
- Flint Knives [79]
- Koro-pok-kuru Pottery and Fragments of Designs [86]
- Stone Adzes and Hammer [94]
- Ainu Huts and Storehouses on Kutcharo Lake [95]
- Kutcharo Lake from Mount Yuzan [98]
- Sulphur Mine [100]
- Akkeshi in a Fog [105]
- Ainu Man and Woman on Horseback [106]
- Ainu Bits [110]
- Semi-Ainu Rat Trap [120]
- Ainu Woman of the Kurile Islands [121]
- Shikotan Ainu [126]
- Woman of the Kurile Islands [132]
- Abashiri Island [133]
- Ainu Belle, An [140]
- Saruma Lagoon [144]
- Eagle-displayed Sable, An [145]
- My Host, the Madman [148]
- Sarubuts, showing River-Course altered by Drift Sand [157]
- Ainu Village on the East Coast of Yezo [166]
- Mashike Mountain [167]
- Ishikari Kraftu Ainu [178]
- Kamui Kotan Rapids, The [179]
- Woman of Ishikari River [186]
- Ainu Bark Water Jugs [187]
- Ainu Half-caste Child of Volcano Bay [194]
- Komatage Volcano, Volcano Bay [196]
- Wooden Drinking Vessels [207]
- Kammakappe, The, &c. [209]
- Ahunkanitte, The, &c. [210]
- Atzis-Cloth in process of Weaving [210]
- Roasting Hook [211]
- Ape-Kilai, The, or Earth-Rake [214]
- Pestle, Mortar, Spoon, &c. [215]
- Ainu Pipe Holder and Tobacco Pouch [217]
- Ainu Knife, with ornamented Sheath, &c. [218]
- Kike-ush-bashui, or Moustache-Lifters [220]
- Suggestions of Leaves, &c. [221]
- Elaborations of Chevrons, Wave Patterns, &c. [222]
- Tchutti, or War-Clubs, &c. [223]
- Ainu Knives [224]
- Monuments for Women [225]
- Wooden Monuments over Men's Grave [225]
- Wooden Blade [226]
- Ainu Pipe, An [228]
- Ainu Man walking with Snow-Shoes [236]
- Thiaske-Tarra, The [238]
- Atzis, The [245]
- Atzis, after Japanese Pattern [245]
- Winter Bear-skin Coat [245]
- Atzis, Back of [246]
- "Hoshi," The [247]
- Boots, Deer-Skin Shoe, &c. [248]
- Tattoo-marks on Women's Arms [253]
- Snow-Shoes [254]
- Ainu Salutation [255]
- "Mukko," A, or Musical Instrument [258]
- Wooden Pipe, A [265]
- Naked Ainu Man from the North-East Coast of Yezo [274]
- Trophy of Bears' Skulls [281]
- Inao-netuba, &c. [292]