特别展・企划展

Some of the explanations for this exhibit are in English.

Exhibition Overview
This special exhibition is held in collaboration with the National Ainu Museum to commemorate the 5th anniversary of its opening. The Ainu, the Indigenous people of the northern Japanese archipelago, have historically inhabited a vast area including Hokkaido, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and the northern Tohoku region of Honshu. They have cultivated a rich and distinctive culture, including the Ainu language, oral literature such as yukar (heroic epic), traditional ceremonies such as iyomante also iomante or yoomante (bear spirit sending ritual), and intricately patterned crafts. 　The exhibition presents an overview of the diversity of Ainu culture based on geographical records and ethnographic materials. It also introduces the late Edo-period "Ezochi" survey records of Matsuura Takeshiro, known for naming "Hokkaido" as well as journalistic-style works depicting the abuses by Wajin (ethnic Japanese). By presenting both the assimilation policies implemented during Japan's modernization, that caused poverty and difficulties in the transmission of culture, and the ongoing efforts to revive traditional culture without losing a distinct identity, the exhibition aims to deepen the understanding and provide an opportunity to reflect on multicultural coexistence.

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