ainu
DESCRIPTION
Book illustrating the creation story of the Anui, the native people of JapanTRANSCRIPT
IN THE BEGÎNNÎNG...
Mitchell J. Funkeeditor/designer
Typography S 3512011
Kamui, the creator god, made the Earth as a vast ocean resting
In the Begînnîngon the back of a giant trout. To creat the tides, the massive
f sh sucks in the water and spits it out again, and as the f sh
moves the earth quakes .
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After Kamui looked down at the empty, water world, he assigned a water wagtail with a mission. The
young bird was overwhelmed with the state of the world, so it fluttered its wings to stir up the water and
trampled the sand with his tail to make dry land.
Jealous of the world Kamui created,
the devil awoke one morning
to consume the sun from the
morning sky.
Kamui became wise to the devil’s plans and sent a mischevious crow to fl y down the devil’s throat.
The crow’s courage become legendary, and instilled a sense of bravery in its lineage.
Kamui sent Aioina, a divine
man, to teach the the Ainu
people how to hunt and cook.
But Aioina acquired a horrible
smell from the Ainu, and the gods
refused to let him back into the
heavens without shedding his clothes.
Then...
The f rst people, the Ainu, w
ere created with bodies of earth,
hair of chickweed,
and back bones of willo
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Aioina returned to earth, where he shed his clothing. As he
returned tothe heavens, his clothes morphed into animals.
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today in many Dr. Seuss books and the American versions
of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series.
Type designer, Claude Garamond was commitioned to create a legible
font for large bodies of text around 1540. The original design was
further manipulated by Jean Jannson.
Original, and fully complete set of letter press characters on
display at the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Belgum.