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 Conference in memory of the outstanding St. Petersburg Japanologist Vadim Y. Klimov (1949–2024) will be held at the IOM RAS on May 15, 2025 at noon. The conference program is now available.
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