This picture scroll is a copy of selected sections of the Ezo Shima Kikan (Unusual Views of the Island of Ezo [Hokkaido]) by Hata Awagimaro, completed in Kansei 11 (1799) and considered the most notable work depicting the contemporaneous lives of the Ainu. The Ainu or in historical Japanese texts Ezo, are an indigenous people of Japan (Hokkaido, and formerly northeastern Honshu) and Russia (Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands).

This picture scroll is a copy of selected sections of the Ezo Shima Kikan (Unusual Views of the Island of Ezo [Hokkaido]) by Hata Awagimaro, completed in Kansei 11 (1799) and considered the most notable work depicting the contemporaneous lives of the Ainu.  The Ainu or in historical Japanese texts Ezo, are an indigenous people of Japan (Hokkaido, and formerly northeastern Honshu) and Russia (Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands). Stock Photo
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CPA Media Pte Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo

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2B033TA

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48.4 MB (2 MB Compressed download)

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5500 x 3074 px | 46.6 x 26 cm | 18.3 x 10.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

5 June 2016

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This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.