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      <image:title>Ainu legend. Mountain with the hole in the Nibutani Hokkaido.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Netsuke Collection of Prince Takamado</image:title>
      <image:caption>This exhibition displays contemporary netsuke, which was collected by the prince Takamado with her Imperial Highness Princess”  The Prince Takamado Collection is well-known among the netsuke-lovers in Japan.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/woodcarving-masamitsu-takiguchi</loc>
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      <image:title>Woodcarvings by Masamitsu Takiguchi</image:title>
      <image:caption>You may meet the works of Masamitsu Takiguchi  (1941-2017) at his shop of the Ainu Kotan or Ainu village in the lakeside of Akan, Hokkaido. The “Wood Engraving Gallery Nitai Masamitsu Takiguchi Collection” in the hotel Lake Akan Tsuruga WINGS as well.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/relation-between-the-okhotsk-culture-and-the-ainu-culture</loc>
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      <image:title>Ainu culture had been under the influence of the Okhotsk culture.</image:title>
      <image:caption>The age of the Satsumon culture is believed to have started around the seventh century and transferred to that of the Ainu culture under the influence of the Okhotsk culture between the 12th and 13th centuries.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>&quot;The Song The Owl God Sang&quot; by Chiri Yukie</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hours before her sudden death at the age of nineteen, Chiri Yukie (1903-1922）completed her only book, Ainu Shinpanese texyoushuu. traditional chants in the Ainu language.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/the-go-seinosuke-netsuke-collection</loc>
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      <image:title>Netsuke Collection of Gō Seinosuke</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Japanese businessman and politician Go Seinosuke (1865-1942) donated his collection of netsukes to Tokyo National Museum in 1942.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/the-entire-collection-of-500-netsuke-by-the-prince-takamado</loc>
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      <image:title>500 netsukes by the Prince Takamado at the Tokyo National Museun.</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Prince Takamado Collection comprises netsuke, mainly from the contemporary era, that were acquired by His Imperial Highness Prince Takamado (1954-2002). The year 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of Prince Takamado’s passing. </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/pattern-seigaiha-at-kanda-shrine</loc>
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      <image:title>Pattern Seigaiha at the Kanda Shrine</image:title>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/clasic-patterns-at-the-hotel-okura-tokyo-annex</loc>
    <lastmod>2024-08-12T18:30:47+09:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Clasic patterns at the Hotel Okura Tokyo Annex</image:title>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/classic-patterns-at-hatoyama-hall</loc>
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      <image:title>Classic patterns at the Hatoyama Hall</image:title>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/family-crest-of-okura-family-hotel-okura</loc>
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      <image:title>Family crest of Okura family, Hotel Okura</image:title>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/map-of-biratori-cho-%E5%B9%B3%E5%8F%96%E7%94%BA-with-ainu-language</loc>
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      <image:title>Map of Biratori-cho Hokkaido in Ainu language</image:title>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/biratori-cho-name-od-the-bus-stop-in-ainu-language</loc>
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      <image:title>Names of the bus stops in Ainu language</image:title>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/ainu-embroideries-at-the-exhibitions</loc>
    <lastmod>2024-08-12T17:58:26+09:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Ainu Embroideries at the exhibitions</image:title>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/hayokpira</loc>
    <lastmod>2024-08-12T17:03:04+09:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Hayokpira in Hokkaido</image:title>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/special-exhibition-yoshiwara-2024-3-26-5-19</loc>
    <lastmod>2024-08-12T18:20:53+09:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Exhibition of YOSHIWARA in March 2024</image:title>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/shibamata-taishakuten-temple-of-wood-sculptures</loc>
    <lastmod>2024-08-12T17:24:06+09:00</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/ukiyo-e-of-yoshiwara</loc>
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      <image:title>Ukiyo-e of YOSHIWARA</image:title>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/elements-composing-ainu-pattern-1</loc>
    <lastmod>2024-08-12T18:03:50+09:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Elements composing Ainu Pattern</image:title>
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    <loc>https://pipatroad.com/blogs/220223/kote-e-or-plastered-pictures-by-izuno-chouhachi</loc>
    <lastmod>2024-08-19T11:10:13+09:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Kote-e or plastered pictures by Izuno Chouhachi</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2024-08-15T11:26:05+09:00</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-08-19T10:46:31+09:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Koma Jinja 高麗神社 or Koma Shrine in the suburb of Tokyo</image:title>
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