著者

若林 和夫

出版者

千葉大学ユーラシア言語文化論講座

雑誌

千葉大学ユーラシア言語文化論集 (ISSN:21857148)

巻号頁・発行日

no.10, pp.275-290, 2008-03

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This study attempts to analyze a number of contemporary Japanese Manga works which deal with the Ainu or related topics. we have been able to identify 7 short reference works and 3 long reference works published between 1992 and 2006. We analyzed these 10 Manga, according to the following points : the narrative structure, the Ainu character's acts and utterances, the Ainu character's clothing code, and non-Ainu person's remarks regarding the Ainu. We came to the following three conclusions: First, Ainu characters in the con胞���� mporaryManga always are portrayed with "traditional" goods, clothing and so on. Secondly, non-Ainu and Ainu character's lines are related to discrimination, nature or traditional stories. Thirdly, the Ainu character is always given a role of so-called "Northern Traveler"; he or she was never born in Honshu.