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Updated: May 17, 2025
Basil Chamberlain, all of whose writings upon Japan are replete with erudition and information, has observed that the Aino race deserves to be studied because "its domain once extended over the entire Japanese Archipelago," and also "because it is, so to speak, almost at its last gasp." Unfortunately the evidence for the latter fact is more conclusive than for the former.
Then come back to us that we may admire thee, for thou wilt be more beautiful than the sunlight, more lovely than the moonbeams. But Aino would not be consoled, and kept on weeping. 'How happy I was in my childhood, she sang, 'when I used to roam the fields and gather flowers, but now my heart is full of grief and all my life is filled with darkness.
Before it takes place the Aino apologise to their gods, alleging that they have treated the bear kindly as long as they could, now they can feed him no longer, and are obliged to kill him.
At the door of the dairy sat her mother, skimming milk. When she saw Aino weeping she asked her what it was that troubled her. Aino, in reply, told her all that had happened in the forest, and how she had thrown away from her all her ornaments.
Skulls so set up are worshipped not only at the time of the festival, but very often as long as they last. The Aino assured Mr. Batchelor that they really do believe the spirits of the worshipful animals to reside in the skulls; that is why they address them as "divine preservers" and "precious divinities." The ceremony of killing the bear was witnessed by Dr.
A perusal of the following tales will show that a surprisingly large number of them are attempts to explain some natural phenomenon, or to exemplify some simple precept. In fact they are science, physical science and moral science, at a very early stage. The explanations given in these tales completely satisfy the adult Aino mind of the present day.
The questions that I have put afford food for reflection, but they are difficult, if not impossible, to answer. I am certain, however, that the Japanese Government desires to, if possible, preserve the Aino race from extinction, and that it aspires to give this ancient people all the advantages of education and civilisation generally.
Chinese and Korean elements are known to exist in the populations of certain districts; and, there appears to have been a large infusion of Aino blood. Whether there be any Malay or Polynesian element also has not been decided.
Still, one would willingly spare them for the sake of new tales. The Aino names appended to the stories are those of the men by whom they were told to me, viz. Tomtare of Yūrap does not appear for the reason mentioned above, which spoilt all his usefulness.
Nine of them have already been printed in the Aino "Memoir" already referred to. Batchelor's grammar included in the same "Memoir." All the others are now given to the world for the first time, never having yet appeared in any language, not even in Japanese.
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