Meaning of Emishi | Babel Free

Definitions

An ancient ethnic group of northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region of Japan.

historical, plural, plural-only

Examples

“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.”

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