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Sixty-four Ainu served in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), eight of whom died in battle or from illness contracted during military service. Two received the Order of the Golden Kite, granted for bravery, leadership, or command in battle.
It was led by Ainu chieftain Shakushain against the Matsumae clan, who represented Japanese trading and governmental interests in the area of Hokkaidō, then controlled by the Japanese (Yamato people). The war began as a fight for resources between Shakushain's people and a rival Ainu clan in the Shibuchari River (Shizunai River) basin of what ...
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 ...
Ainu rebellion may refer to several wars between the Ainu and Wajin peoples in Japanese history: Koshamain's War ...
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.
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 ]
It can be believed this group were the ancestors of the Sumunkur Ainu. [3] In the 1600s, the Sumunkur Ainu gradually came into conflict with the Menasunkur Ainu. In 1653, the Sumunkur chief Onibishi killed the Menasunkur chief Camoktain. Shakushain, who succeeded Camoktain as head chief, retaliated by waging war on the Sumunkur and killing ...
The musician Oki, of Ainu and Japanese descent, has brought the tonkori, a traditional instrument of the Kabuto Ainu, into reggae. The Ainu Rebels, formed by the Sakai siblings, who are half-Ainu and half-Japanese, have released works that combine hip hop music with traditional Ainu dance and Ainu languages poetry.