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Scanned picture postcard c. early 1920s of an Ussuri brown bear being guided into a heperset, where it will be raised prior to being ceremonially killed as part of the iomante, an Ainu ceremony.
One of a set of Ainu picture postcards acquired in Jimbōchō from Shinsendō Books, July 2026.

Scanned picture postcard c. early 1920s depicting an Ainu village headman.
One of a set of Ainu picture postcards acquired in Jimbōchō from Shinsendō Books, July 2026.