Ainu

Two bearded men from the Ainu people of Japan. Considered to be the Indigenous people of Japan. They are dressed in traditional clothing, which is quite padded for warmth. They have long beards and their facial appearence is more Russo/Indian than Japanese One man holds a spear, the other holds a bow and arrow and they are posing for the picture
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Two bearded men from the Ainu people of Japan. Considered to be the Indigenous people of Japan. They are dressed in traditional clothing, which is quite padded for warmth. They have long beards and their facial appearence is more Russo/Indian than Japanese
One man holds a spear, the other holds a bow and arrow and they are posing for the picture
Two Ainu men from the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan c1900s

The Ainu are considered the Indigenous people of Northern Japan. They were and still are treated as second class citizens (so much of that worldwide) and don't exactly have a good time of it.

Extremely interesting traditional garb and appearance.

More on the Ainu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...

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