thejapantimes, 3 months ago

A former Hokkaido journalist has made it his mission to find out how a series of portraits of Ainu chieftains from 1790 ended up in a museum in France. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/26/japan/history/johnston-hokkaido-ainu-painting/ #japan #history #ainu #museums #indigenouspeople #hokkaido #japaneseart #hakyokakizaki