Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Ezochi

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Ezochi

蝦夷地
alternative words: Ezo-chi, Ezo chi, Land of Ezo, Land of Ainu, Ezo domain, Ainu domain
keywords: locality , northern territory
related topics: Edo period , Ezo , Mogami Tokunai , Mamiya Rinzo , Matsuura Takeshiro , Matsumae domain , Hakodate bugyo
related web sites: http://www.komonsan.on.arena.ne.jp/htm/tokusyu12.htm , http://www.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/hokkaido/mukashi/nenpyo.html , http://www.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/collection/hoppo/
explanation: In a narrow sense, it designates actual Hokkaido but more general sense, it does all the lands where Ainu were living. For example, during Nara period, it begins from actual Tohoku region but, later, from Muromach period its border embraced actual Hokkaido, Sakhalin and Kuril. During Edo period, this term had been synonymous to Matsumae domain because it is this family who governed those lands.