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Ogawa Masahito has been described as the leading scholar in modern [[Ainu]] studies today. His most famous work deals with the ''[[iyomante]]'' bear-spirit-sending ritual.
Ogawa builds upon the work of Sasaki Toshikazu, Kikuchi Isao, and others, to further efforts to write an Ainu-centered (rather than Japan-centered) scholarship on the Ainu. He attempts to construct a narrative of Ainu history that is not limited to discussions of assimilation and resistance.
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==References==
*David Howell, "Is Ainu History Japanese History?," in ann-elise lewallen, Mark Hudson, Mark Watson (eds.), ''Beyond Ainu Studies'', University of Hawaii Press (2015), 109-.
[[Category:Historians]]