"Ainu Myths"

Japanese: 《アイヌ神謡集》 - あいぬしんようしゅう

…Although he remained single throughout his life, he took in his mother's younger sister Nami's daughter, Chiri Yukie (1903-22, Mashiho's older sister), at Chikabumi in Asahikawa and sent her to college. Yukie also inherited the Monasinou'uku yukar and compiled Ainu Mythical Songs (1923), but died at the age of 19 while proofreading. This book is of great historical significance as it is the first full-scale record of mythical songs written by the Ainu themselves. …

From Mashiho Chiri

...A linguist and folklorist of Ainu origin. Born in what is now Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, as the daughter of Kannari Matsu, famous as the transmitter of the Ainu epic poem Yukar, and Chiri Yukie, author of Ainu Myohoshu (1923), she is the aunt of Kannari Matsu. Starting from Kindaichi Kyosuke's grammar, she constructed her own Ainu language grammar system, and also sharply criticized the Ainu language and place name research of her predecessors, such as J. Batchelor and Nagata Hosei. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ainu Mythical Songs" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…終生独身であったが，旭川の近文（ちかぶみ）では母の妹ナミの娘，知里幸恵(1903‐22，真志保の姉)を引き取り，進学させている。幸恵もモナシノウクのユーカラを受け継ぎ，《アイヌ神謡集》(1923)をまとめたが，その校正中に19歳で死去した。同書はアイヌ自身の手による神謡の本格的な記録の最初のものとして，その歴史的意義は大きい。…

【知里真志保】より

…アイヌ民族出身の言語学者，民俗学者。アイヌの叙事詩ユーカラの伝承者として有名な金成（かんなり）マツをおばとし，《アイヌ神謡集》(1923)の知里幸恵（ゆきえ）を姉として，現在の北海道登別市に生まれた。金田一（きんだいち）京助の文法を出発点としながら独自のアイヌ語文法体系を構築し，またJ.バチェラーや永田方正など先人のアイヌ語，地名研究を鋭く批判した。…

※「《アイヌ神謡集》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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