Name/Title
Ainu couple in traditional dressEntry/Object ID
1977.167.1752Description
Negative of an Ainu couple in traditional dress on Hokkaido, JapanPhotograph Details
Type of Photograph
NegativeSubject Place
Island
HokkaidoCountry
JapanRegion
East AsiaContinent
AsiaContext
The Ainu are the indigenous people of the lands surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, including Hokkaido Island, Northeast Honshu Island, Sakhalin Island, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula and Khabarovsk Krai, before the arrival of the Yamato Japanese and Russians.Made/Created
Date made
circa 1951Time Period
20th Century, Korean WarLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Negative, Sheet FilmNomenclature Secondary Object Term
NegativeNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Native peoples, Couples, Women, Swords