japanreviewRussian Japanology ReviewRussian Japanology Review2658-67892658-6444Association of Japanologists10.24411/2658-6789-2019-10006japanreview-9Research ArticleСтатьиCreating a minority: the views of Japanese intellectuals and Japan’s policy towards Ainu in the 18th and 19th centuriesShchepkinV. V.vshepkin@gmail.comInstitute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of SciencesRussian Federation20192812202121128140Copyright © Shchepkin V.V., 20212021Shchepkin V.V.Shchepkin V.V.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.japanreview.ru/jour/article/view/9

The article traces how the image of the Ainu formed by Japaneseintellectuals in 18thand early 19thcenturies influenced the formation of Japan’spolicy towards this ethnic minority in the Meiji period (1868-1912).

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