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An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary: Including a Grammar of the Ainu Language. E-book. Formato PDF
John Batchelor
edizioni Forgotten Books collana , 2017
As the work was printed by a Japanese firm at Tokyo, nearly a thousand miles from the writer's home in Sapporo, the table of errata will be found to be considerably larger than it would have been had he been in a position to see the proofs oftener. This must be the excuse for so long a list, for which, also, every...
The Ainu and Their Folk-Lore. E-book. Formato PDF
John Batchelor
edizioni Forgotten Books collana , 2017
After thinking the matter well over, I came to the conclusion that it would be better to write a new book, especially as I had in hand a large quantity of new material in the way of legends and folk-lore. The present production is not, therefore, simply the old volume revised (though much has been quoted from it),...
The Ainu of Japan: The Religion, Superstitions, and General History of the Hairy Aborigines of Japan. E-book. Formato PDF
John Batchelor
edizioni Forgotten Books collana , 2017
The major portion of the chapters contained in this volume were not originally intended for publication, but were written as letters to relatives, who naturally take a great interest in Mission work, especially in Japan. But, before I had finished the series, it was thought by my friends that what I was writing for...