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Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands.
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- ALONE WITH THE HAIRY AINU.
- OR,
- 3,800 MILES ON A PACK SADDLE IN YEZO AND A CRUISE TO THE KURILE ISLANDS.
- BY
- BY
- 3,800 MILES ON A PACK SADDLE IN YEZO AND A CRUISE TO THE KURILE ISLANDS.
- A. H. SAVAGE LANDOR.
- WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR.
- LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1893.
- LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- CHAPTER I. From Hakodate to Mororran—Volcano Bay—The first Ainu—A strange Institution among them.
- CHAPTER II. From Mororran to the Saru River.
- CHAPTER III. Up the Saru River—Piratori and its chief.
- CHAPTER IV. An Ainu Festival.
- CHAPTER V. From the Saru River to Cape Erimo.
- CHAPTER VI. From Cape Erimo to the Tokachi River
- CHAPTER VII. The Tokachi Region—Pure Ainu Types—Curious Mode of River Fishing.
- CHAPTER VIII. From the Tokachi River to the Kutcharo River.
- CHAPTER IX. The Koro-pok-kuru, or Pit-dwellers.
- CHAPTER X. The Kutcharo River and Lake—A Sulphur Mine—Akkeshi and its Bay.
- CHAPTER XI. From Akkeshi to Nemuro—A Horse Station—Nemuro and its People.
- CHAPTER XII. The Kurile Islands.
- CHAPTER XIII. On the East and North-East Coast—From Nemuro to Shari-Mombets.
- CHAPTER XIV. Along the Lagoons of the North-east Coast—From Shari Mombets to Poronai.
- CHAPTER XV. On the North-East Coast—From Poronai to Cape Soya.
- CHAPTER XVI. From Cape Soya to the Ishikari River.
- CHAPTER XVII. The Ishikari River.
- CHAPTER XVIII. Nearing Civilisation.
- CHAPTER XIX. Completing the Circuit of Yezo—The End of my Journey.
- CHAPTER XX. Ainu Habitations, Storehouses, Trophies, Furniture—Conservatism.
- CHAPTER XXI. Ainu Art, Ainu Marks, Ornamentations, Weapons—Graves and Tattoos.
- CHAPTER XXII. Ainu Heads, and their Physiognomy.
- CHAPTER XXIII. Movements and Attitudes.
- CHAPTER XXIV. Ainu Clothes, Ornaments, and Tattooing.
- CHAPTER XXV. Ainu Music, Poetry, and Dancing.
- CHAPTER XXVI. Heredity—Crosses—Psychological Observations.
- CHAPTER XXVII. Physiological Observations—Pulse-beat and Respiration—Exposure—Odour of the Ainu—The Five Senses.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. The Ainu Superstitions—Morals—Laws and Punishments.
- CHAPTER XXIX. Marital Relations, and Causes that Limit Population.
- APPENDIX.
- I.—MEASUREMENTS OF THE AINU BODY, AND DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS.
- II.—GLOSSARY OF AINU WORDS, MANY OF WHICH ARE FOUND IN GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES IN YEZO AND THE KURILE ISLANDS.[43]
- INDEX.
- FOOTNOTES
- Transcriber's Notes
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