Aynuitak Huskokampi Aomarepu アイヌ語古記録データベース Early Records Database of the Ainu Language

Data

The dataset is rebuilt from the transcription platforms on every sync. Files are stable in shape; the zip carries the harvest date in its name. Transcriptions synced from みんなで翻刻 and Wikisource on 17 Oct 2026.

TEI XML

TEI P5 diplomatic transcription, one file per witness volume, with page breaks tied to the IIIF canvases and contributor credit in the header.

File

FileContents
erdal-2026-10-17.zipWhole dataset (zip)
moshiogusa-yukar.jsonMoshiogusa Yukar transcription with interpretation
tei/moshiogusa/yukar-wikisource.xmlMoshiogusa Yukar transcription with interpretation
places.jsonPlace database
places.geojsonLocation evidence
places-linked.geojsonLinked Places: supported names with dated sources and locations
places-linked-coverage.jsonLinked Places coverage and reasons for omissions
place-names.csvRecorded names
place-attestations.csvAttestations
journeys.jsonJourneys
journeys.geojsonGeographical references
journey-events.csvEvent sequence
entries.jsonlWordlist items: gloss, historical form, alternatives, remark, editorial modern form with certainty and citation, and the page permalink.
entries.csvWordlist items: gloss, historical form, alternatives, remark, editorial modern form with certainty and citation, and the page permalink.
wordlist-coverage.jsonUnread wordlist lines and incomplete extraction
pages.jsonlPage text, status and transcription credits. Image-based partial transcriptions include a supplement record with their extent, attribution and licence.
contributors.csvTranscription credit per contributor: pages, characters changed and the list of pages.
sources.jsonSource and witness metadata.
sources.yamlSource and witness metadata.

Research data

成田修一(2010)「嘉永七年のアイヌ語について」 — CSV / JSON / BibTeX / CSL

Facsimiles for transcription

蝦夷チヤランケ・并淨瑠理言 (Library of Congress; 8 images). A manuscript containing a charanke opening address, a ceremonial address to the host at a drinking gathering, and a narrative text headed Jōruri.

Use this manifest URL to import the images into Minna de Honkoku. https://rec.aynu.org/iiif/ezo-charanke/loc/manifest.json

Library catalogue · Complete PDF · Image terms

For a study of this work, see Satō Tomomi (2003), pp. 31–58. Satō uses the Kindaichi copy and compares it with the University of Tokyo’s Nanki Library copy. The images linked here reproduce the Library of Congress copy.

API

The same JSON the site reads is served under /x/ with open CORS: index.json, entries.json, contributors.json, units/<source>--<unit>.json and text/<source>--<unit>.json.

Licence

The transcriptions are published under CC BY-SA 4.0, the licence that applies to transcription data on みんなで翻刻 and on Wikisource; when you use them, credit the contributors of the みんなで翻刻 project アイヌ関連資料, and the contributors of Japanese Wikisource for the records transcribed there. Image-based partial transcriptions are attributed to ERDAL under the same licence. The wordlist data and other files this site derives from the transcriptions carry the same licence. Facsimile images belong to their holding institutions and are shown from their IIIF servers under each institution's own terms, linked from each witness. Research tables carry separate source attribution and rights metadata.