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hazue's knowledge bank I
Matagi:
a kind of hunter existed in japan that hunts using traditional method.
"東北地方の山間部に集落をつくり、昔から狩猟を生業としてきた人々のことを“マタギ“と呼んでいる。マタギという言葉は“狩り”そのものを 意味するが、語源には多様な説がある。また、狩猟の民マタギは、樵夫、木地師、山窩たちと同じように古来日本列島の山岳地帯を生活の場としてきた山の民で あるが、その祖先については謎が多い。" (source from http://www.gunzosha.co.jp/")
the above japanese text says that, these people (matagi hunters) have been staying in the north east mountain area since long ago. the clan of 'matagi', like woodworkers(carpenter), woodcutters, and the mountain nomads, had been staying in mountains around japan since the ancient time, but their detailed origin is still a mystery. the word 'matagi', in their clan's language, means 'hunting', though there are sources with different ways of saying how the word derived.
one of the other saying of the word 'matagi' from wiki, is that the word developed from matangi matangitono (マタンギ・マタンギトノ), which means "the man of winter" or hunter in the Ainu Language. though there wasn't anything mention about 'Ainu language' on the above japanese website, i guess when they say 'matagi' means 'hunter', it refers to the language of Ainu.
Ainu language:
can't get much info about this.(aside from eng wiki and jap wiki)
can only say its a super rare language existed in japan. researcher aside, it seems that the people whose mother tongue is Ainu are already extincted, or close to extinct(last investigation was 15 people born with this language in 1991). This language is spoke only in Japan and Russia (source from Jap wiki). Ainu language is called an 'independant language', means its origin has no relation with any other language, or no prove of its origin has relationship with other language.
Kanetsune Seki:
to simply put, a company that forge knives, even Katana with a craftsmanship aged 800 years old. well, they got their own website so just read more from there =) cuz i'm lazy to explain further. http://www.kanetsune.com/index.php?id=221. the reason i came through this company is because coincidentally i found(through internet) a Matagi hunter's knife made by them.
a kind of hunter existed in japan that hunts using traditional method.
"東北地方の山間部に集落をつくり、昔から狩猟を生業としてきた人々のことを“マタギ“と呼んでいる。マタギという言葉は“狩り”そのものを 意味するが、語源には多様な説がある。また、狩猟の民マタギは、樵夫、木地師、山窩たちと同じように古来日本列島の山岳地帯を生活の場としてきた山の民で あるが、その祖先については謎が多い。" (source from http://www.gunzosha.co.jp/")
the above japanese text says that, these people (matagi hunters) have been staying in the north east mountain area since long ago. the clan of 'matagi', like woodworkers(carpenter), woodcutters, and the mountain nomads, had been staying in mountains around japan since the ancient time, but their detailed origin is still a mystery. the word 'matagi', in their clan's language, means 'hunting', though there are sources with different ways of saying how the word derived.
one of the other saying of the word 'matagi' from wiki, is that the word developed from matangi matangitono (マタンギ・マタンギトノ), which means "the man of winter" or hunter in the Ainu Language. though there wasn't anything mention about 'Ainu language' on the above japanese website, i guess when they say 'matagi' means 'hunter', it refers to the language of Ainu.
Ainu language:
can't get much info about this.(aside from eng wiki and jap wiki)
can only say its a super rare language existed in japan. researcher aside, it seems that the people whose mother tongue is Ainu are already extincted, or close to extinct(last investigation was 15 people born with this language in 1991). This language is spoke only in Japan and Russia (source from Jap wiki). Ainu language is called an 'independant language', means its origin has no relation with any other language, or no prove of its origin has relationship with other language.
Kanetsune Seki:
to simply put, a company that forge knives, even Katana with a craftsmanship aged 800 years old. well, they got their own website so just read more from there =) cuz i'm lazy to explain further. http://www.kanetsune.com/index.php?id=221. the reason i came through this company is because coincidentally i found(through internet) a Matagi hunter's knife made by them.
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