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Jōmon people
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The Jōmon were a prehistoric hunter-gatherer culture that inhabited the Japanese archipelago between approximately 14,000 BC and 300 BC, following which they were largely assimilated by migrants from
Jōmon Dogū pottery figure from the Late Jōmon Period, 1000–400 BC.
Jōmon Dogū pottery figure from the Late Jōmon Period, 1000–400 BC.
Diorama of Jōmon people at the Sannai-Maruyama museum
Diorama of Jōmon people at the Sannai-Maruyama museum
Reconstruction of a Jōmon pit dwelling.
Reconstruction of a Jōmon pit dwelling.
Reconstructed Jōmon pit dwelling interior at the Ōgushi Site.
Reconstructed Jōmon pit dwelling interior at the Ōgushi Site.
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
Jōmon people
…Jōmon ancestry forms a minor amount of the ancestry of the Yamato people (the dominant ethnic group in Japan), and a majority of the ancestry of the Ainu people of Hokkaido. Jōmon (縄文, Jōmon), sometimes written as Jomon (US: JOH-mahn, UK: JOH-mon), is a Japanese word directly translated as "cord-marked" or "cord…
Ainu people in front of a traditional building in Shiraoi, Hokkaido
Ainu people in front of a traditional building in Shiraoi, Hokkaido
Hokkaido Ainu clan leader, 1930
Hokkaido Ainu clan leader, 1930
Omusha ceremony involving the Hidaka Ainu, by Hirasawa Byōzan [ja] c. 19th century
Omusha ceremony involving the Hidaka Ainu, by Hirasawa Byōzan [ja] c. 19th century
A Japanese samurai with a group of Ainu, c. 1775
A Japanese samurai with a group of Ainu, c. 1775