Painted Scroll (No. 2)
Object Details
- Notes
- From card: "Executed by Hada no Aokimaro. Subject matter: the Ainu and their customs, a) house; b) bear cage: c) room interior with utensils; d) bow, arrow, and quiver; e) animal trap; f) exchange of presents ceremony; g) drinking; h) wedding dance; i) ceremony; j) ceremony of ukari; k) ceremony of departure, etc; l) playing a 5 stringed musical instrument; m) fiber plant; N) 5 stringed instrument called ka; o) ordeal. Profuse textual matter interpolated with pictures. Translated in part by Harold P. Stern, Freer Gallery of Art. (See accession papers)."
- A Japanese scroll depicting Ainu people. See Fitzhugh, William W., and Chisato O. Dubreuil. 1999. Ainu: spirit of a northern people. [Washington, D.C.]: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in association with University of Washington Press. Identified there as "Curious Sights of Ezo Island" painted by Shimanojo Murakami in 1799.
- Detail showing greeting ritual, simple greeting ritual when people meet, illus. (listed as incorrect # 392023-25) in Fig. 33.3 (scene reversed in printing) p. 241 of Fitzhugh, William W., and Chisato O. Dubreuil. 1999. Ainu: spirit of a northern people. [Washington, D.C.]: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in association with University of Washington Press. Detail showing corporal punishment illus. in Fig. 33.6 p. 243 of same publication.
- Record Last Modified
- 21 Aug 2020
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Japanese
- Ainu
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Accession Date
- 24 Jul 1952
- Accession Number
- 195288
- USNM Number
- E392024-0
- Donor Name
- Frederick Starr
- Object Type
- Scroll
- Place
- Japan, Asia
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- Anthropology
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8422346
