During this time, the Ainu were forced to learn Japanese, required to adopt Japanese names, and ordered to cease religious practices such as animal sacrifice and the custom of tattooing.
Durante este tempo os Ainu foron forzados a aprender xaponés, obrigados a adoptar nomes xaponeses e condenados a cesar as prácticas relixiosas, como o sacrificio de animais e o costume de tatuarse.