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A keeper of Ainu lyrics and music, Yukar. Born in Horobetsu Village, Horobetsu County, Hokkaido (now Noboribetsu City). His legal name was Hirochi, and his Ainu name was Imekano. He studied at Airin School, which trains Christian missionaries in Hakodate, and engaged in missionary work in Biratori Town and other places, remaining single his whole life. While following the mission in Chikabumi, Asahikawa City, he also took in his younger sister Nami's daughter, Chiri Yukie (author of Ainu Mythical Songs), and sent her to college. He wrote down the Yukar he had inherited in romanized letters in about 160 notebooks, leaving them to Kindaichi Kyosuke and Chiri Mashiho, Yukie's younger brother, and some of these were published as Ainu Epic Yukar Collection. In 1956 (Showa 31), he was awarded the Purple Ribbon Medal.

[Haginaka Mie]

"The Ainu Epic Poem Yukarshu, written by Kanenari Matsu and translated and annotated by Kindaichi Kyosuke, 7 volumes (1959-66, Sanseido)"

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アイヌの詞曲ユーカラの伝承者。北海道幌別(ほろべつ)郡幌別村（現登別(のぼりべつ)市）生まれ。戸籍名は「广知」、アイヌ名「イメカノ」。函館(はこだて)のキリスト教伝道師を養成する愛隣学校に学び、平取(びらとり)町などで布教活動を行い生涯独身を通した。旭川(あさひかわ)市近文では伝道に従いながら、妹ナミの娘知里幸恵(ちりゆきえ)（『アイヌ神謡集』の著者）を引き取って進学させた。継承していたユーカラを約160冊のノートにローマ字で筆録して、金田一(きんだいち)京助と幸恵の弟知里真志保(ましほ)に残し、その一部が『アイヌ叙事詩ユーカラ集』として出版された。1956年（昭和31）紫綬褒章(しじゅほうしょう)を受章。

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『金成まつ筆録、金田一京助訳注『アイヌ叙事詩ユーカラ集』全7巻（1959～66・三省堂）』

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