A Polish scholar of the Ainu People – Bronisław Piłsudski (1866–1918): On the hundredth anniversary of death Cover Image

Polski badacz Ajnów – Bronisław Piłsudski (1866–1918). Wspomnienie w setną rocznicę śmierci
A Polish scholar of the Ainu People – Bronisław Piłsudski (1866–1918): On the hundredth anniversary of death

Author(s): Jacek Splisgart
Subject(s): Anthropology, Political history, Social history
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Ainu People; Bronisław Piłsudski

Summary/Abstract: Bronisław Piłsudski, the elder brother of Marshal Józef Piłsudski, made a long-term home in Sakhalin, where he conducted research on the local population for nearly two decades. He became famous as an advocate of protecting the rights of the aborigines, who fought an unequal battle with the dominant cultures surrounding them from the south and the north. During his research, Piłsudski recorded the unique rites of the disappearing Ainu culture. This article is devoted to a profile of this Polish pioneer of ethnographic and oriental studies.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 112-127
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish