えみし

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of えみし – see the following entry.

[noun] [from 720] (historical, archaic) an ancient ethnic group that once lived on what is now the 関東 (Kantō), 北陸 (Hokuriku) and 東北 (Tōhoku) regions, likely as far as Hokkaido; likely related to the Ainu people

[proper noun] short for 蘇我蝦夷 (Soga no Emishi): Asuka-period statesman of the Yamato court, son of Soga no Umako and father of Soga no Iruka

(This term, えみし, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

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