The Emishi (蝦夷) (also called Ebisu and Ezo), written with Kanji that literally mean "shrimp barbarians," constituted an ancient ethnic group of people...

Soga no Emishi (蘇我 蝦夷, 587 – July 11, 645) was a statesman of the Yamato imperial court. His alternative names include Emishi (毛人) and Toyora no Ōomi...

northern areas from 658 to 660 and came into contact with the Mishihase and Emishi. One of the places Hirafu went to was called Watarishima (渡島), which is...

southern Hokkaido (700–1200 CE) that has been identified as Emishi, as a Japanese-Emishi mixed culture, as the incipient modern Ainu, or with all three...

resorted to other means to conquer the Emishi. Trade for superior quality iron wares and sake made the Emishi dependent on the Japanese for these valuable...

These regions are often referred to as Ezochi (蝦夷地) and its inhabitants as Emishi (蝦夷) in historical Japanese texts. Official estimates place the total Ainu...

(吾妻, あづま) and corresponded to the area of Honshu occupied by the native Emishi and Ainu. The area was historically the Dewa and the Michinoku regions,...

attacks were launched by the Yamato dynasty against the Emishi with little success. In June 787 Emishi cavalry led by Aterui and More surprised and routed...

of the Soga were no longer satisfied to act behind the scenes. Soga no Emishi and his son Soga no Iruka began to build increasingly elaborate palaces...

most prominent chief of the Isawa (胆沢) band of Emishi in northern Japan.[citation needed] The Emishi were an indigenous people of North Japan, who were...

people, an ancient group of peoples who inhabited parts of northern Kyushu Emishi, a group of people who lived in the northeastern Tōhoku region of Japan...

Tamuramaro was appointed shōgun and given the task of conquering the Emishi (蝦夷征伐 Emishi Seibatsu), a people native to the north of Honshū, which he subjugated...

1336 to 1573 AD) and includes fantasy elements. The story follows a young Emishi prince named Ashitaka, and his involvement in a struggle between the gods...

the 12th century as their own realm. They succeeded the semi-independent Emishi families of the 11th century who were gradually brought down by the Minamoto...

Kiyohira (藤原 清衡, 1056 – August 10, 1128) was a samurai of mixed Japanese-Emishi parentage of the late Heian period (794–1185), who was the founder of the...

have been the language of one of the peoples known as 'Emishi'; it is not known that the Emishi were a single ethnicity. Bauer, Laurie (2007). The Linguistics...

e Ethnic groups of Japan Prehistoric Jōmon Yayoi Toraijin Ancient Azumi Emishi Hayato Koshibito Kumabito Kumaso Kuzu Mishihase Okhotsk Saeki Satsumon Tsuchigumo...

the early Heian period for the duration of military campaigns against the Emishi, who resisted the governance of the Kyoto-based imperial court. Sakanoue...

Honshu, Japanese military action was portrayed as an effort to "pacify" the Emishi people, who were likened to "bandits" and "wild-hearted wolf cubs" and accused...

Ogushi and a sister of Mononobe no Moriya; they had five children. Soga no Emishi Soga no Kuramaro Kahakami no Iratsume, made consort of Emperor Sushun in...

Bidatsu and was supported by the main line of Sogas, including Soga no Emishi. The other, Prince Yamashiro, was a son of Prince Shōtoku and had the support...

Soga no Iruka (蘇我 入鹿) (died July 10, 645) was the son of Soga no Emishi, a statesman in the Asuka Period of Japan. He was assassinated at court in a coup...

Northern Fujiwara polity (Ōshū) based in Tōhoku region, having defeated Emishi tribes. This polity existed as Kyoto's internal politics prevented Kyoto's...

that his armed forces defeated a group of Emishi (蝦夷, 'shrimp barbarians') before his enthronement. The Emishi were an ethnic group who lived in Honshu...

conscription in 792, he still waged major military offensives to subjugate the Emishi, possible descendants of the displaced Jōmon, living in northern and eastern...

e Ethnic groups of Japan Prehistoric Jōmon Yayoi Toraijin Ancient Azumi Emishi Hayato Koshibito Kumabito Kumaso Kuzu Mishihase Okhotsk Saeki Satsumon Tsuchigumo...

region, the same two kanji used to write the word Ezo can also be read Emishi. The descendants of these people are most likely related to the Ainu people...

between Emishi people (蝦夷) and the Yamato-chotei government (大 和朝廷) in the late eighth century. Using "Warabitetō," the small number of Emishi soldiers...

by Emperor Kanmu, and together with Sakanoue no Tamuramaro subdued the Emishi. In 795 he was granted the second grade of the third rank of honor and the...

Japan Evisu, Japanese jeans brand Ebisu, an alternate pronunciation of the Emishi people who lived in northeastern Honshū, Japan Ebisu, a character from the...