According to an expert, the chosen design overlaps with the “basic shape of Ainu patterns ... a professor of arts law at Musashino Art University. “But recently, there has been a debate ...

The Ainu people hunted and foraged for edible wild plants, coexisting with the natural environment. They produced powerful, beautiful folk art and craftworks, and they practiced many seasonal ...

Yet the relationship between the Jomon and the Ainu is anything but straightforward ... Decorated with incised, geometric patterns, Satsumon pots are quite distinct from those of the preceding ...

Her face is framed by powerfully carved flames soaring to heaven and intricate Ainu patterns are seen between the flames. A closer look also reveals tattoos around her mouth and on the back of her ...