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69 5031 Drawings Anonymous 2nd half 18th cent 69 5031 Drawings Anonymous 2nd half 18th cent 69/5031 [Drawings]. Anonymous (2nd half 18th cent.). (The Ainu people of the Ezo region). Manuscript ehon, n.pl., tenmei 5 (1785), (106)p., (full-p.) ills., thin brush and black ink, orig. cordbound wr. w. hashira-title. - Wormholes throughout; some (pink) waterstains (mainly small). Upper outer corner of frontwr. missing; wrapper otherwise worn along extremities. = Rare anthropological work on the indigenous people of the northernmost region of Japan, formerly called Ezo and from 1869 onwards Hokkaido. The drawings show the people going about their daily activities, as well as Ainu objects (i.a. swords and other weaponry) and traditional clothing. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIII.