Table of contents : Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. Chiri Yukie and the Origins of the Ainu Shin’yōshū 2. The Living World of the Ainu Shin’yōshū 3. The Ainu Social Landscape 4. Weighty Animal Spirits and Important Game Animals 5. Symbolic and Ordinary Animal Spirits 6. Chiri Yukie’s Ainu Shin’yōshū Notes Works Cited Index About the Author