KDC418451 Ainu Couple outside the traditional Ainu home of a reed thatched hut, late 19th century (b/w photo) by Messrs. Kajima & Suwo; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ainu are indigenous people in Japan and Russia; historically, they spoke the Ainu language and related varieties and lived in Hokkaid?, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin; ); Japanese, out of copyright.