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The war developed into a last try by the Ainu to keep their political independence and regain control over the terms of their trade relations with the Yamato people. According to scholar Brett Walker: [1] The war of Shakushain stands out as a watershed event in the history of the conquest of Ezo. Shakushain exploded onto the scene as a ...
The Menashi-Kunashir rebellion or war (クナシリ・メナシの戦い, Kunashiri Menashi no tatakai) or Menashi-Kunashir battle took place in 1789 between the Ainu and the Wajin (also called the Yamato people, i.e. the ethnic Japanese) on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Northeastern Hokkaido.
Koshamain's War (コシャマインの戦い, Koshamain no tatakai) was an armed struggle between the Ainu and Wajin that took place on the Oshima Peninsula of southern Hokkaidō, Japan, in 1457. Escalating out of a dispute over the purchase of a sword, Koshamain and his followers sacked twelve forts in southern Ezo ( 道南十二館 ) , before ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Ainu rebellion may refer to several wars between the Ainu and Wajin peoples in Japanese history: Koshamain's War ...
Under the pretense of alleviating Ainu poverty, the legislation created individual land grants and promoted the adoption of Japanese agricultural practices over hunting. [7] The legislation has been criticized as a means by which the Imperial government forcibly confiscated Ainu lands and impeded traditional Ainu culture. [ 8 ]
Even at such an advanced age, she was still contributing to the promotion of Ainu culture. [2] Araida died in November 2011, aged 94. [3] The Ainu Museum described her as a "great contributor to the promotion of Ainu culture". [6] Her younger sister Fuyuko Yoshimura also became an Ainu culture promoter. [7]
The Ainu Revolution Theory (アイヌ革命論, Ainu Kakumeiron) was a left-wing political concept in Japan that was prominent in the 1970s. It was a variant of Proletarian Revolution Theory that came to light shortly after the revision of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States and Japan , focusing on the Ainu .
Archdeacon John Batchelor, D.D., OBE (20 March 1855 – 2 April 1944) was an Anglican English missionary to the Ainu people of Japan until 1941. First sent under the auspices of the Church Missionary Society of the Church of England, Batchelor lived from 1877 to 1941 among the indigenous Ainu communities in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.