Emishi

alternative Yemishi

1. historicalpluralplural onlyAn ancient ethnic group of northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region of Japan.

   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.

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

   Synonyms: Ebisu, Ezo