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Ikotoi from “Ishu Retsuzo” (series of portraits of twelve Ainu chiefs)

Ikotoi from “Ishu Retsuzo” (series of portraits of twelve Ainu chiefs)

It is a representative work of Hakyo Kakizaki, and is stored in Hakodate Central Library as “Omikata Ezonozu.” The portraits of 12 Ainu elders were drawn by order of the Matsumae clan’s lord Michihiro

photo courtesy: Hakodate City Central Library

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