Materials for the Study of the Ainu Language and Folklore 2

Download or read book Materials for the Study of the Ainu Language and Folklore 2 written by Werner Winter and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 3 is devoted exclusively to B. Piłsudski's Ainu-related materials, for their most part previously unpublished. In addition, it comprises Piłsudski's research reports on his expeditions, a superb collection of fifty prayers in Ainu as well as texts and melodies recovered from Piłsudski's famous wax-cylinder recordings of Ainu-folklore of 1902-1903. The bibliographies printed in volume 1 are extensively enhanced. Abundant illustrative material is included.