Yemishi

Japanese nation is composed of four elements: the Yamato; the Yemishi

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

But, though meek in the presence of peril, the Yemishi appear to have been of a brawling temperament.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

In 482 we find the Yemishi rendering homage to the Emperor Kenso, a ceremony which was repeated on the accession of the Emperor Kimmei (540).

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

He spoke of the Yemishi as being the most powerful among the "eastern savages;" said that their

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

Kazusa and, sailing north, reached the southern shore of Shimosa, which was the frontier of the Yemishi.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

Iname's son, Umako, and the latter's son, Yemishi, will be much heard of hereafter.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

But there ensued a strong movement of reprisal on the part of the Yemishi.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

One of the Yemishi, having been appointed to a high post, was instructed to investigate the Yemishi population and the captive population.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

Within Dewa, Mutsu, and the island of Yezo, the aboriginal Yemishi had been held since Yamato-dake's signal campaign in the second century A.D., and though not so effectually quelled as to preclude all danger of insurrection, their potentialities caused little uneasiness to the Central Government.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

Tamichi, general, killed by Yemishi, 367 A.D. Tamon, i.e. Ananda, statue in castle of Azuchi

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886