Shchepkin V. V. Creating a minority: the views of Japanese intellectuals and Japan’s policy towards Ainu in the 18th and 19th centuries // Russian Japanology Review, 2019. Vol. 2 (No. 1). P. 128–140.
The article traces how the image of the Ainu formed by Japaneseintellectuals in 18thand early 19thcenturies influenced the formation of Japan’spolicy towards this ethnic minority in the Meiji period (1868-1912).
The 44th Annual Session of St Petersburg Arabists dedicated to the 120th anniversary of Prof. Viktor I. Beliaev (1902–1976) will be held at the IOM RAS on April 11 and 13, 2022. The conference program is now available.
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