Ainu people
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The Ainu are an indigenous ethnic group who reside in northern Japan and southeastern Russia, including Hokkaido and the Tōhoku region of Honshu, as well as the land surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, su
Ainu people in front of a traditional building in Shiraoi, Hokkaido
Hokkaido Ainu clan leader, 1930
![Omusha ceremony involving the Hidaka Ainu, by Hirasawa Byōzan [ja] c. 19th century](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Hidaka_Ainu%E2%80%94Umsa_by_Hirasawa_By%C5%8Dzan_%28Hakodate_City_Central_Library%29.jpg/500px-Hidaka_Ainu%E2%80%94Umsa_by_Hirasawa_By%C5%8Dzan_%28Hakodate_City_Central_Library%29.jpg)
Omusha ceremony involving the Hidaka Ainu, by Hirasawa Byōzan [ja] c. 19th century
A Japanese samurai with a group of Ainu, c. 1775
Yamato people
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The Yamato or Wajin, also known as the Japanese, are an East Asian ethnic group that comprises over 98% of the population of Japan. Genetic and anthropometric studies have shown that the Yamato people
Ainu people
…Krai. They have occupied these areas, known to them as "Ainu Mosir" (Ainu: アイヌモシㇼ, lit. 'the land of the Ainu'), since before the arrival of the modern Yamato and Russians. These regions are often referred to as Ezochi (蝦夷地) and its inhabitants as Emishi (蝦夷) in historical Japanese texts. Along with the Yamato…
Wedding ceremony of the Japanese imperial family (current Emperor Naruhito and current Empress Masako pictured) wearing kimono