蝦夷えみし

noun

Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples of northern Japan

Historical term for indigenous groups in northern Honshu and Hokkaido, often contrasted with the Yamato court. The reading えみし is older; えぞ is now more common.

• 蝦夷えぞは古こ代だい、東とう北ほく地ち方ほうに住すんでいた人ひと々びとを指さす言こと葉ばだ。

  Emishi is a term that referred to the people who lived in the Tohoku region in ancient times.

• 歴れき史しの授じゅ業ぎょうで蝦夷えぞと朝ちょう廷ていの関かん係けいについて学まなんだ。

  In history class, we learned about the relationship between the Emishi and the imperial court.

noun

Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands

Only with reading えぞ

Historical name for the northern territories, especially during the Edo period. Reading restricted to えぞ.

See also: 蝦夷地

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、蝦夷えぞ地ちは松まつ前まえ藩はんが支し配はいしていた。

  During the Edo period, the Ezo region was controlled by the Matsumae domain.