Ainu Remains

Emergence of Contestation: 1869

The Ainu human remains stolen from Hokkaido gravesites for scientific purposes in the period of the Japanese colonisation of Hokkaido are presently still housed in museum collections across the globe, provoking protest from Ainu activists who demand their return. The remains themselves have become sites of memory through which Japanese colonial amnesia is challenged.

Stolen Ainu Remains as Sites of Memory - Michael Roellinghoff