The Collected Works of Bronislaw Piłsudski, Volume 3: Materials for the Study of the Ainu Language and Folklore 2

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Volume 3 is devoted exclusively to B. Pilsudski's Ainu-related materials, for their most part previously unpublished. In addition, it comprises Pilsudski's research reports on his expeditions, a superb collection of fifty prayers in Ainu as well as texts and melodies recovered from Pilsudski'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. Dedication Preface Table of contents Introduction Acknowledgments Chronology of Bronislaw Piłsudski’s stay in the Far East Bibliographies Plates I. Research reports and results A preliminary report on the expedition to the Ainu of Sakhalin in 1902—1903 Traditions of the Sakhalin aborigines on their first encounters with the white man The story of a Russified baptized Ainu (named Ivan Grigoryevich) from the settlement of Galkino-Vrasskoye (Siyantsy) on the island of Sakhalin on how he was cured of love A draft of rules for the organization of life of and the establishment of authority over the Ainu of Sakhalin with short explanations on particular points II. Ainu texts Introduction 1. Ainu folklore collection (as listed by Bronislaw Piłsudski for Franz Boas) 2. Ućaśkoma — tales of tradition 3. Tuita (~ tuytah) — fairy tales 4. Inon ita — prayers Plates Color photos III. Phonographic records of Ainu language and folklore on wax cylinders 1. Foreword 2. Bronislaw Piłsudski’s phonographic records 3. The ICRAP reproduction/recovery attempt — acoustic and technological aspects 4. The ICRAP reproduction/recovery attempt — linguistic, ethnomusicological, and anthropological aspects 5. The contents of the recordings Plates Appendices 1. Wacław Sieroszewski — Among hairy people. A 1926 account on Wacław Sieroszewski and Bronisiaw Piłsudski’s expedition to the Ainu of Hokkaido in the summer of 1903 2. Sentoku Tarōji’s letters from Sakhalin to Bronisiaw Piłsudski (1906) 3. Aleksander Jantac-Polczyński — Shirahama and Shiraura. A 1936 account on a visit to the Poles and Ainu of Sakhalin in the winter of 1933 Notes List of illustrations Indices Personal names Place names Subjects Ainu words and loans in Ainu Words in other languages Japanese, Chinese, and Korean characters