Yasuko Uetake

**Yasuko Uetake** (Japanese: 上武retti子, née Yasuko Muromura; 26 Nuwamba 1934 - 16 Maris 2024) ta kasance mai zane-zane kuma mai fafutukar Al'adun Ainu daga Japan. An haife ta a Muroran, Hokkaido, ta kasance fitacciyar mutum a cikin adanawa da inganta al'adun Ainu a Noboribetsu . Ta kasance mai aiki a cikin reshen Noboribetsu na Hokkaido Utari Association, Club for Talking about Mashiho Chiri, da kuma Women's Society for Learning and Inheriting the Ainu Culture . Mai koyar da kansa amma mai zane-zane na Ainu, ta kirkiro ayyuka daban-daban a cikin tufafin gargajiya na Ainu. Ta horar da matasa masu zane-zane a cikin tarurruka na zane-zane, kuma ta koyar da wasu al'adun Ainu, gami da rawa. 

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Yasuko Uetake a matsayin Yasuko Muromura a MotoMuroran (a halin yanzu wani ɓangare na Sakimoricho), Muroran, Hokkaido, a ranar 26 ga Nuwamba 1934. Mahaifiyarta ta mutu lokacin da take da shekara daya da rabi, kuma mahaifinta, kakarta, da 'Yan uwa ne suka tashe ta. A lokacin da take makaranta, ta sha wahala saboda al'adun Ainu, amma ta yi tsayayya da nuna bambanci da ƙuduri. Bayan kammala karatunta daga Kwalejin Fasaha ta Muroran Bunka, ta yi aure a 1960 kuma ta koma Horobetsu (a halin yanzu wani ɓangare na Noboribetsu). 

## Yunkurin al'adu
A ƙarshen shekarun 1970s, Yasuko ta fara gwagwarmayarta a matsayin Ainu, wanda reshen Noboribetsu na Hokkaido Utari Association ya haifar da sukar da ta yi wa magajin garin Noboribetasu, wanda ya gina makabarsa ta hanyar lalata kaburbura na Ainu. Daga 1985, ta yi aiki na shekaru shida a matsayin mai ba da shawara mai rai a reshen Noboribetsu na Hokkaido Utari Association. Ta zama shugabar reshen a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1996, ta ci gaba da aikinta har sai da ta yi ritaya daga mukamin a shekara ta 2005.   Ta kafa Club for Talking about Mashiho Chiri, ƙungiyar karatu tare da wasu membobin reshen Noboribetsu a cikin 1988, kuma ta zama shugabar kulob din a cikin 1997.  Akwai makarantun yaren Ainu goma sha biyu a Hokkaido, kuma ta kafa ta 13. A shekara ta 1998, ta kafa kungiyar mata don ilmantarwa da gadon al'adun Ainu.  Mutanen yankin sun maraba da ita kuma sun karɓa sosai lokacin da aka gudanar da nune-nunen Ainu a Amurka.  

## A matsayinta na mai zane da kuma malami
Ayyukanta a matsayin mai ba da shawara a cikin Hokkaido Utari Association ya yi wa Yasuko wahayi don koyon kayan ado na Ainu.  Saboda tsayawar ayyukan reshe, babu kayan ado na gargajiya don bukukuwan gargajiya, wanda ya sa ta yi nazarin alamu daban-daban a cikin tufafin Ainu da kuma yin tufafi don adana al'adun Ainu. Ta fara wani aji na zane-zane na Ainu ga 'yan ƙasa a cikin 1990, ta kafa Pirikanoka, wata ƙungiya don koyon zane-zane ta Ainu mai suna bayan kalmar Ainu ma'anar "kyakkyawa tsari" a cikin 1993, kuma ta gudanar da nune-nunen shekara-shekara don ayyukan zane-zane. A shekara ta 1997, ta fara wani aiki don ƙirƙirar kyawawan tufafin gargajiya na Ainu daga ƙarshen zamanin Edo zuwa tsakiyar zamanin Showa tare da haɗin gwiwar mata 20 a Sapporo da Iwamizawa .  A shekara ta 2008, an kirkiro kundin tunawa ga shugabannin duniya da suka ziyarci Toyako a Hokkaido don taron koli na G8, wanda aka yi wa ado da alamu na gargajiya na Ainu wanda Yasuko ya tsara kuma an yaba da shi sosai. Baya ga zane-zane, ta koyar da rawa na gargajiya na Ainu ga yara a makarantun firamare a kusa da Noboribetsu.

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