八はっ州しゅう

noun

Japan (archaic)

Archaic poetic name for Japan, synonymous with 八洲 (やしま). Not used in modern Japanese outside historical or literary contexts.

See also: 八洲

• 古ふるい和わ歌かでは、八はっ州しゅうは日本にほんのことを指さす雅が語ごとして使つかわれた。

  In old waka poetry, 八州 was used as an elegant term for Japan.

noun

the eight Kantō provinces (historical)

Refers to the eight provinces of the Kantō region during the Edo period: Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimōsa, Hitachi, Kōzuke, and Shimotsuke. Often appears in the compound 関八州 (かんはっしゅう).

See also: 関八州

• 関かん八はっ州しゅうは江え戸ど時じ代だいの関かん東とう地ち方ほうの総そう称しょうとして知しられている。

  関八州 is known as a collective term for the Kantō region in the Edo period.