Ainu Spirits Singing: The Living World of Chiri Yukie’s Ainu Shin'yoshu 9780824860127

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Ainu Spirits Singing: The Living World of Chiri Yukie’s Ainu Shin'yoshu
9780824860127

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Sarah M. Strong

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Chiri Yukie and the Origins of the Ainu Shin’yōshū
2. The Living World of the Ainu Shin’yōshū
3. The Ainu Social Landscape
4. Weighty Animal Spirits and Important Game Animals
5. Symbolic and Ordinary Animal Spirits
6. Chiri Yukie’s Ainu Shin’yōshū
Notes
Works Cited
Index
About the Author

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