Her cold forests and seas kept out invaders for centuries while they allowed your people to live and prosper. Your people, the Ainu, come from the island of Hokkaido. "Greetings, fair and proud chief Shakushain. Shakushain was among those killed that day. The two sides exchanged gifts and negotiated a peace settlement however, while Ainu generals celebrated, they were assassinated by Matsumae warriors.
The Tokugawa shogunate reacted by solidifying its own united front of military allies in the northeast, replacing local Matsumae generals with men of its own choosing, thus illustrating its self-appointed role as defender of the realm."Īt the end of 1669, Shakushain's forces surrendered to the Matsumae. Shakushain exploded onto the scene as a charismatic leader who proved able to bridge regional differences among Ainu communities, threatening to unite them against the Japanese intrusion from the south.
The war developed into a last try by the Ainu to keep their political independence and regain control over the terms of their trade relations with the Yamato people.Īccording to scholar Brett Walker, "Shakushain's War stands out as a watershed event in the history of the conquest of Ezo. The war began as a fight for resources between Shakushain's people and a rival Ainu clan in the Shibuchari River (Shizunai River) basin of what is now Shinhidaka, Hokkaidō. The revolt was led against the Matsumae clan, who represented Japanese trading and governmental interests in the area of Hokkaido controlled by the Japanese. Shakushain was an Ainu chieftain who led a rebellion against Japanese authority on Hokkaido between 16. In 1997, a new law was passed for the provision of funds for the research and promotion of Ainu culture, and in 2019 the Ainu were formally recognized as indigenous people. In the Meiji Period (1868-1912), the Ainu received the status of "former aboriginals", but suffered under official discrimination for some years. They were later gradually displaced and assimilated when the Yamato Japanese expanded their territory from western Japan northwards over the past 1500 years. The Ainu are believed to be descendants of Mongoloid migrants who entered the Japanese islands before the Jomon Period. The Ainu populated Hokkaido, parts of Honshu, the Kurile Islands and Sakhalin, but today they live mostly in Hokkaido. They have a cultural background somewhat different from that of the Yamato Japanese who have been inhabiting most of the rest of Japan. The Ainu are a people indigenous to the lands of northern Japan.
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