Features of the bone-cutting art of the Japanese and the peoples of Siberia on the example of the Yakuts and Evenks

Many ways of expressing people's views and thoughts in a creative form have come down to our time, including bone carving as one of the types of decorative and applied creativity. The bone-cutting art of the Japanese and the peoples of Siberia on the example of the Yakuts and Evenks requires careful study for a deeper understanding of the Japanese, Yakut and Evenk cultures, which determines the relevance of this work. The purpose of our research is to identify the features of the bone-cutting art of the Japanese, Yakuts and Evenks. The object of the study is the bone-cutting art of the Japanese, Yakuts and Evenks. The following research methods are used in the work: analysis of theoretical sources, descriptive method, comparative method. The novelty of the research lies in conducting a comparative analysis of the bone-cutting art of the Japanese, Yakuts and Evenks. Within the framework of our research, theoretical material was analyzed, the historical origin of Japanese, Yakut and Evenki bone carving art was revealed, and the classification of the subjects of Japanese bone carving art was revealed. The analysis of the themes of the Yakut and Evenk bone-cutting art was carried out, as well as a comparative analysis of this type of art among the Japanese, Yakuts, Evenks, as a result of which the features of the bone-cutting art of the Japanese, Yakuts and Evenks were revealed, similarities and differences were found. The main conclusions of the study are as follows: 1) the same carving techniques are used in the studied art forms; 2) in Japanese, Yakut and Evenk cultures, bone-cutting products were used as household items; 3) in Japanese, Yakut and Evenk bone carving, walrus bone, deer horn, ivory (Japanese) or mammoth (Yakuts, Evenks) bone act as the same material; 4) there are similarities and differences in the subject of the products.

bone carving art, netsuke, okimono, Japanese art, Yakut art, Evenk art, art of Nothern people, Japanese bone carving art, Yakut bone carving art, Evenk bone carving art