Occupied Japan 1945 - 1952: Gender, Class, Race
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Occupied Japan 1945 - 1952: Gender, Class, Race

Ainu Shaman

"Husko, a shaman from the Rayciska settlement on the northwest coast of southern Sakhalin. Her drum and ritual shavings for shamanistic rites are on the wall to the left, and her amulet and ritual shavings are on the wall to the right."
From: Tierney-Ohnuki, Emiko. Illness and Healing Among the Sakhalin Ainu: A Symbolic Interpretation. Cambridge: Cambridge U Press, 1981.

 

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