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The Emishi ( 蝦夷) (also called Ebisu and Ezo ), written with Kanji that literally mean " shrimp barbarians ," constituted an ancient ethnic group of people who lived in parts of Honshū, especially in the Tōhoku region, referred to as michi no oku (道の奥, roughly "deepest part of the road") in contemporary sources.
Satsumon culture. The Satsumon culture (擦文文化, Satsumon Bunka, lit. "brushed pattern") is a partially agricultural, archeological culture of northern Honshu and 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 synonymously. [1]
History. The barrier is one of three built during the Nara period to mark the border between the territory controlled by the Yamato state and the Emishi tribes of the Tōhoku region of northern Honshū, although there is archaeological evidence to show that it may actually date to as early as the latter half of the 5th century in the Kofun ...
It was the first spacecraft in history designed to deliberately land on an asteroid and then take off again. The Hayabusa mission was the first to return an asteroid sample to Earth for analysis. 2006: 26 September: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi resigned and Shinzo Abe become 92nd Prime Minister of Japan. 2007: 29 July
Aterui. Aterui (アテルイ, 阿弖流爲) (died 13 September 802 AD, in the 21 Enryaku era [clarification needed]) was the 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 considered hirsute barbarians by the Yamato Japanese. [citation ...
In use. early Heian period. Demolished. unknown. National Historic Site of Japan. Isawa Castle (胆沢城, Isawa-jō) was an early Heian period jōsaku -style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Ōshū, Iwate in the Tōhoku region of far northern Honshu, Japan. The site was proclaimed a National National Historic Site in ...
Japan portal. v. t. e. The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. [1] The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new inventions were introduced from Asia.
Tonomi Palisade. / 39.6073; 141.1721. Tonomi Palisade (鳥海柵, Tonomi-no-saku) was an early Heian period jōsaku -style Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Kanegasaki in Isawa District, Iwate Prefecture in far northern Honshū, Japan. The site was proclaimed a National Historic Site of Japan in October 2013. [1]