Our Land Was A Forest
This book is a beautiful and moving personal account of the Ainu, the native inhabitants of Hokkaido, Japan's northern island, whose land, economy, and culture have been absorbed and destroyed in recent centuries by advancing Japanese. Based on the author's own experiences and on stories passed down from generation to generation, the book chronicles the disappearing world—and courageous rebirth—of this little-understood people.Kayano describes with disarming simplicity and frankness the...
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"This book is a beautiful and moving personal account of the Ainu, the native inhabitants of Hokkaido, Japan's northern island, whose land, economy, and culture have been absorbed and destroyed in rece" Library Journal Through this memoir of a contemporary Ainu, we see the story of his people, the aboriginal inhabitants of Japan's Hokkaido island, during the period of cultural change following World War II. Kayano saves this from being another sorrowful story of a culture destroyed by presenting his role in efforts to preserve Ainu language, customs, and artifacts. Since there are few books on the Ainu, this is a valuable enthnographic record of a traditional culture banging up against modern life. This title in the "Transitions: Asia & the Pacific" series is recommended for academic anthropology collections.-Stella I. Wheat, Univ. of Southern Mississippi Lib., Hattiesburg
\ Library JournalThrough this memoir of a contemporary Ainu, we see the story of his people, the aboriginal inhabitants of Japan's Hokkaido island, during the period of cultural change following World War II. Kayano saves this from being another sorrowful story of a culture destroyed by presenting his role in efforts to preserve Ainu language, customs, and artifacts. Since there are few books on the Ainu, this is a valuable enthnographic record of a traditional culture banging up against modern life. This title in the "Transitions: Asia & the Pacific" series is recommended for academic anthropology collections.-Stella I. Wheat, Univ. of Southern Mississippi Lib., Hattiesburg\ \
