2025. Issue 4 (30)

  ORIENTAL STUDIES
 

Alimov I. “Dong jing meng hua lu” as a Historical and Ethnographic Source

6

Yusha Zh. Ritual Traditions in the Contemporary Culture of Tuvans in China in the Enclave Environment (Based on the Life and Calendar Cycles)

16

Kamenskikh M., Soboleva E. Buddhism in China’s Intangible Cultural Heritage

31

Sokolov А. Items from the Merchant Protodyakonov’s Collection on the Ethnography of the Ainu
of the Kuril Islands in the Holdings of the MAE RAS

42

Sudakova А. Archaic Pilgrimage Practice of Rokujūrokubu and Its Role in Contemporary Pilgrimage Patterns in Japan

67

Rogov Е. The First Japanese Yen Banknotes: Reflection of Cultural Specifics and the Formation
of National Identity (1872–1891)

81

Bereznitsky S. Renewal of Ethnicity in the Works of Writers and Artists of the Indigenous Peoples
of the Russian Far East

99
  POWER AND DIPLOMACY
 

Belov N., Shorohov V. “And Even the Little Ones Here Call Me Ambassador”:
Conflict over the Diplomatic Rank of Grigory Vasilyevich Bulgakov, the Russian Courier to Iran

115

Bocharov V. Power and Historical Myth in the East (Anthropological Approach)

130
  MUSEUM WORK  

Nechvaloda Е. Headdress and Baldric Decoration from the Collection of P. S. Pallas: Аttribution Issues

145

Stepanova О. The Birthing Doll of Shaman Ynikа: On the Typicality of a Cult Item of the Nenets Pyak Clan and Its Path to the MAE

158
  FIELD RESEARCH  
Golovnev А. The Veps Voyage 169
Danilova Е. Dolgansky Talk: Field Research in Taimyr in 2025 190
Belyaeva-Sachuk V., Davydov V. Three Objects of Intangible Ethnocultural Heritage of Tofalars  206
Medushevsky N. Fetishes of the Ewe People — From Form to Content 224
Pallades А. Contemporary Realities of Coptic Betrothal in the Context of the Mobility of Ideas 241
Sleptsov Yu. Aryk Mas — the Sacred Tree of the Yakuts (Based on Field Data) 253