蝦夷えぞ地ちMeaningsNoun1. Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)2. Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of HokkaidoKanji used蝦shrimp夷barbarian地groundComposed of蝦夷えぞEmishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril IslandsNoun地ちearth; ground; land; soil; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)Noun