“Ainu Divine Songs Collection” (Ainu Shin’yoshu) by Chiri Yukie

• Main Author: Tyurleneva E.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Nauka 2020
• Subjects: the ainu of hokkaido; аinu shinyoshu; epos of the ainu; kamui yukar; songs of the gods; chiri yukie (1903–1922); History of Asia; DS1-937; Political science; J; Kamchatka Peninsula; Kamchatka; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24411/0235-8182-2019-10016; https://doaj.org/article/2d85ea3d28ff455a8704d4823df81020

“Ainu Divine Songs Collection” or “Ainu Shin’yoshu” is a selection of the song epos of Ainu, compiled in 1922 by young Ainu girl Chiri Yukie (1903–1922). Ainu are not numerous people living in Hokkaido. The name of these people came out of the word “ainu” that means “a man” of Ainu in their native l...