蝦夷えぞ地ち

noun

Yezo; Ezo region

Historical term for the northern frontier of Meiji-era Japan, primarily Hokkaido but also including Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. Used in historical and geographical contexts.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だい、蝦夷えぞ地ちは北ほっ海かい道どうと改かい称しょうされた。

  In the Meiji period, Yezo was renamed Hokkaido.

noun

Ainu territory; Ezo (Edo-period Ainu lands)

Specifically refers to the Ainu-inhabited areas of Hokkaido during the Edo period, as distinct from Japanese-settled regions (和人地). Often contrasted with 和人地.

See also: 和人地

• 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の支し配はい下かにあった。

  During the Edo period, the Ainu territory was under the control of the Matsumae domain.