征せい夷い

noun

subjugation of barbarians; conquest of the Emishi

Historical term referring to military campaigns against the Emishi people in ancient Japan. Often appears in the title 征夷大将軍 (seii taishōgun, 'great general who subdues the barbarians').

See also: 蝦夷

• 征せい夷い大たい将しょう軍ぐんは、蝦夷えみしを征せい伐ばつするために置おかれた官かん職しょくである。

  The seii taishōgun was a position established to subjugate the Emishi.

• 坂上さかのうえの田た村むら麻ま呂ろは征せい夷いの功こう績せきで知しられている。

  Sakanoue no Tamuramaro is known for his achievements in subjugating the Emishi.