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Yukar (Ainu: ユカㇻ) are Ainu
sagas that form a long rich
tradition of oral literature. In
older periods, the
epics were
performed by both men and women;...
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Yukarism (ゆかりズム) is a ****anese shōjo
manga written and
illustrated by
Shiomi Chika (the
manga artist of
Night of the Beasts,
Yurara and Canon). The manga...
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history in the form of
kamuy yukar (deity epics), long
verses traditionally recounted by
singers at a gathering. The
kamuy yukar was seen as a significant...
- 14, 1971) was a ****anese linguist,
chiefly known for his
dictations of
yukar, or
sagas of the Ainu people, as well as his
study of the
Matagi dialect...
- 8, 1903 –
September 18, 1922) was an Ainu
transcriber and
translator of
Yukar (Ainu epic tales).
Yukie Chiri was born into an Ainu
family in Noboribetsu...
- in her
honor (M.P.C. 35489). On 23
November 1999, the
minor planet 8089
Yukar was
named after her husband,
Yurij Vasil'evicht
Karachkin (b. 1940), a physics...
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rituals often accompanied by
traditional Ainu instrumentation, and
yukar (mimicry), a form of
rhythmic epic
poetry often supported by
light percussion...
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classic Ainu
language of the
Yukar, a form of Ainu epic.
Without a
writing system, the Ainu were
masters of narration, with the
Yukar and
other forms of narration...
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Plurals are
indicated by a suffix.
classical Ainu, the
language of the
yukar, is polysynthetic, with
incorporation of
nouns and adverbs; this is greatly...
- shōjo
manga by
Chika Shiomi (who also
wrote the
manga series Yurara and
Yukarism). The
series was
originally serialized between 1994 and 1996 in
Akita Shoten's...
