Emishi

English

Alternative forms

• Yemishi

Etymology

From Japanese 蝦夷 (Emishi, literally “shrimp barbarians”).

Noun

Emishi pl (plural only)

1. (historical) An ancient ethnic group of northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region of Japan.

   Synonyms: Ebisu, Ezo

   • 2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 151:

     This area was one of the last pieces of tribal land to be taken from the indigenous Emishi, descendants of the Jōmon people, who had lived there from prehistoric times until they were defeated by the Japanese Imperial Army in the eighth century.

See also

• Ainu
• Yamato

Anagrams

• meishi

Japanese

Romanization

Emishi

1. Rōmaji transcription of えみし