Kyōsuke Kindaichi

male, deceased (1971)
Ishikawa Takuboku, linguistics, Iwate prefecture, Japanese, Ainu, linguist…yukar
Kyosuke Kindaichi was an eminent Japanese linguist from Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. He is chiefly known for his dictations of yukar, or sagas of the...

Chiri Yukie

female, deceased (1922)
Translator, hokkaido, meiji period, Japanese, Ainu, Japanese language…yukar
Chiri Yukie, a transcriber and translator of Yukar (Ainu epic tales), was born into an Ainu family in Noboribetsu, a town in Hokkaidō, the n...

Imekanu

female
missionary, Oral epic poet, Ainu, Epic poetry, epic poet, yukar
Imekanu (1875-1961) was an Ainu missionary and epic poet. In her retirement from work as a Christian missionary, she wrote down epics (yukar) known...

Don Philippi

male
yukar, norito, Kokugakuin, Slava Ranko, Ainu language, Arctic Hysteria
Don Philippi (October 2 1930-January 26 1993) was a noted translator of Japanese and Ainu and a musician. Born in Los Angeles, Philippi studied at...