Ezo facts for kids
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Ezo (蝦夷), also known as Yezo or Yeso, is an old Japanese name. It was used for lands north of Japan. This name mainly referred to the large northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō. It also described other islands in the Sea of Okhotsk. These included the Kurile Islands and Sakhalin.
The terms Ezo, Yezo, Ebisu or Emishi were also used for people. They described the culture of northern Honshū. This area included places like Akita Prefecture, Aomori Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture.
History of Ezo
First Western Descriptions of Ezo
The first time people in the West read about Ezo was in 1796. A man named Isaac Titsingh brought this information to Europe. He had a small collection of Japanese books. One of these books was called Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu (三国通覧図説, An Illustrated Description of Three Countries).
This important book was written by Hayashi Shihei. It was first published in Japan in 1785. The book gave details about the Ezo region and the people who lived there. Isaac Titsingh later translated Sankoku Tsūran Zusetsu. His translation was published in 1832.
- Waseda University, 三国通覧図説 (Sangoku Tsuran Zusetsu)
Images for kids
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Map of the "Land of Iesso" by French mapmaker Alain Manesson Mallet (1683).
See also
In Spanish: Región de Ezo para niños
