Omusha is the Ainu word for "greetings". However, it became loosely related to the Japanese word "onsha" meaning "favor and gratitude" which turned the Ainu ceremony of welcoming guests into a place where the Japanese reinforced their rule over the…

Illustration of Ainu people fishing on byobu wall screens.

A portrait of an Ainu woman from the 1920s.

Portrait of a present day Ainu man.

Later woodblock print with elements of contradiction and disregarding reality

Late Meiji work that displayed some of the disjunct and subversive ideas of the time.

An illustration from a magazine by Takabatake Kasho

Osamu Tezuka based his huge eyes on the eye make up of the actresses in Takarazuka Revue, not on Disney. This is a poster of a Takarazuka Revue production.