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Ezo (other)
is a Japanese name which historically referred to the lands to the north of the Japanese island of Honshu. Ezo may also refer to: Places and peoples * Hokkaido, formerly known as Ezo, the second largest island of Japan * Republic of Ezo, a short-lived state in 1869 on Hokkaido * Ainu people, in the historical Japanese texts Ezo, an indigenous people of Japan * Ezo, South Sudan Species * ''Ezo'' (alga), a genus of red algae in the subfamily Lithophylloideae * Ezo red fox, ''Vulpes vulpes schrencki'', a subspecies of red fox * Hokkaido wolf, ''Canis lupus hattai'', also known as the Ezo wolf * '' Patinopecten yessoensis'', the Yesso scallop or Ezo giant scallop, a species of scallop * Ezo salamander, ''Hynobius retardatus'', a species of salamander * Ezo flying squirrel Other uses * Ezo (band) was a Japanese heavy metal band originally formed as Flatbacker in the spring of 1982 in Sapporo, Japan [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokkaido
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The largest city on Hokkaidō is its capital, Sapporo, which is also its only ordinance-designated city. Sakhalin lies about 43 kilometers (26 mi) to the north of Hokkaidō, and to the east and northeast are the Kuril Islands, which are administered by Russia, though the four most southerly are claimed by Japan. Hokkaidō was formerly known as ''Ezo'', ''Yezo'', ''Yeso'', or ''Yesso''. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaidō" in Although there were Japanese settlers who ruled the southern tip of the island since the 16th century, Hokkaido was considered foreign territory that was inhabited by the indigenous people of the island, known as the Ainu people. While geographers such as Mogami Tokunai and Mamiya Rinzō explored the isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Ezo
The was a short-lived separatist state established in 1869 on the island of Ezo, now Hokkaido, by a part of the former military of the Tokugawa shogunate at the end of the ''Bakumatsu'' period in Japan. It was the first government to attempt to institute democracy in Japan, though voting was allowed only to the samurai caste. The Republic of Ezo existed for five months before being annexed by the newly established Empire of Japan. Background left, Troops of the former ''bakufu'' being transported to Ezo (Hokkaido) in 1868 After the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate (''bakufu'') in the Boshin War by the Meiji Restoration, a part of the former ''shōgun''s navy, led by Admiral Enomoto Takeaki, retreated from the capital Edo (Tokyo) in October 1868, sailing north to continue the fight against the advancing Imperial army. Along with Enomoto were many other former Tokugawa officers, including the Commander-in-Chief of the shogunate's army, Matsudaira Tarō, and French officers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ainu People
The Ainu are the indigenous people of the lands surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, including Hokkaido Island, Northeast Honshu Island, Sakhalin Island, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula and Khabarovsk Krai, before the arrival of the Yamato Japanese and Russians. These regions are referred to as in historical Japanese texts. Official estimates place the total Ainu population of Japan at 25,000. Unofficial estimates place the total population at 200,000 or higher, as the near-total assimilation of the Ainu into Japanese society has resulted in many individuals of Ainu descent having no knowledge of their ancestry. As of 2000, the number of "pure" Ainu was estimated at about 300 people. In 1966, there were about 300 native Ainu speakers; in 2008, however, there were about 100. Names This people's most widely known ethnonym, "Ainu" ( ain, ; ja, アイヌ; russian: Айны) means "human" in the Ainu language, particularly as opposed to , divine beings. Ainu also i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezo, South Sudan
Ezo is a town in South Sudan. The town had a population of 33,657 as of 2008. The town is on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo and close to the tripoint of both countries with the Central African Republic. It is the seat of an Anglican bishopric In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate .... References Populated places in Western Equatoria {{SouthSudan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezo (alga)
(also spelled Yezo or Yeso) is the Japanese term historically used to refer to the people and the lands to the northeast of the Japanese island of Honshu. This included the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, which changed its name from "Ezo" to "Hokkaidō" in 1869,Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Ezo"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 184. and sometimes included Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. In reference to the people of that region, the same two kanji used to write the word ''Ezo'' can also be read ''Emishi''. The descendants of these people are most likely related to the Ainu people of today. Etymology Japanese sources that include an etymology describe ''Ezo'' as probably originally a borrowing from the Ainu languages, Ainu word meaning . The term is first attested in Japanese in a text from 1153 in reference to any of the non-Japanese people living in the northeast of Honshū, and then later in 1485 in reference to the northern islands where these peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithophylloideae
The Lithophylloideae are a monophyletic subfamily of Corallinaceaen Coralline algae with uniporate conceptacle Conceptacles are specialized cavities of marine and freshwater algae that contain the reproductive organs. They are situated in the receptacle and open by a small ostiole.Boney, A.D. (1969). ''A Biology of Marine Algae''. Hutchinson Educational L ...s. References Bikont subfamilies Corallinaceae {{rhodophyta-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezo Red Fox
The Ezo red fox (''Vulpes vulpes schrencki'') is a subspecies of red fox widely distributed in Hokkaido, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands and the surrounding islands of Japan. The Ezo red fox's formal name, , was given to the subspecies by Kyukichi Kishida when he studied them in Sakhalin in 1924. Naming Ezo is a Japanese word meaning "foreigner" and referred to the historical lands of the Ainu people to the north of Honshu, which the Japanese named ''Ezo-chi''.Editors: David N. Livingstone and Charles W. J. Withers (1999) "Geography and Enlightenment", University of Chicago Press, page 20/ref> In the Ainu languages it is known as , , or . Description The Ezo red fox is somewhat larger than the Japanese red fox found in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, and the outer part of the ear and the limbs are black. There are many similarities with continental red foxes. The Ezo red fox has 42 teeth: 6 incisors, 2 canine teeth, 8 premolar, 4 upper molar and 6 lower molars. Ezo foxes normally hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokkaido Wolf
The Hokkaido wolf (''Canis lupus hattai''), also known as the and in Russia as the Sakhalin wolf,Heptner, V. G. & Naumov, N., P. (1998''Mammals of the Soviet Union'' Vol.II Part 1a, SIRENIA AND CARNIVORA (Sea cows; Wolves and Bears) Science Publishers, Inc., USA, pp. 193, is an extinct subspecies of gray wolf that once inhabited coastal north-east Asia. Its nearest relatives were the wolves of North America rather than Asia. It was exterminated in Hokkaido during the Meiji Restoration period, when American-style agricultural reforms incorporated the use of strychnine-laced baits to kill livestock predators. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1178791 Some taxonomists believe that it survived up until 1945 on the island of Sakhalin. It was one of two subspecies that were once found in the Japanese archipelago, the other being the Japanese wolf (''C. l. hodophilax''). Taxonomy and origin The Ezō wolf or Hokkaidō wolf (''Canis lupus hattai'' Kishida, 1931) is an extinct s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patinopecten Yessoensis
''Mizuhopecten yessoensis'' (Yesso scallop, giant Ezo scallop) is a species of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. Its name Yesso/Ezo refers to its being found north of Japan. Its tissues bioaccumulate algal yessotoxins and are studied extensively. Description The Yesso scallop (''Mizuhopecten yessoensis'') is a cold water marine bivalve species. The valves have a convex center with a smooth exterior shell. On one side it is white and on the other dark brown. Habitat The Yesso scallop is widely distributed along the cold coast of Northern Japan. Scallop cultivation is located in the northern islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, with the Sea of Okhotsk, Saroma Lake and Funka Bay in Hokkaido accounting for more than 80% of the scallop production during the period of 1991 to 2002. Ecology and behavior Temperature plays a key role in the timing of spawning and larvae settlement of the Yesso scallop. Generally, the scallops spawn between May 1 to June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezo Salamander
The Ezo salamander (''Hynobius retardatus''), also known as the Hokkaido salamander, Noboribetsu salamander, or Ezo Sanshouo in Japanese is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae. Prior to 1923 the species was also classified by the binomial scientific name ''Satobius retardatus''. ''H. retardatus'' is endemic to Japan's northernmost prefecture, the island of Hokkaido. The species is a pond-type salamander, and its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, irrigated land, canals, and ditches. In 1923, the species was discovered by American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn, the same year the Hida and Amber salamander species were discovered. ''H. retardatus'' was first observed on the eastern edge of the Noboribetsu region within Lake Kuttara (Kuttara-ko), although this specific population is now extinct. The name Ezo comes from Yezo, the old name of Hokkaido.Goris, R.C. an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezo Flying Squirrel
The Ezo flying squirrel (''Pteromys volans orii'') or ''Ezo-momonga'' ( ja, エゾモモンガ) is a subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel. It is endemic to Hokkaidō, Japan, part of the region once known as Ezo. In the legends of the local Ainu, the Ezo flying squirrel or '' A-kamui'' ( ain, アッ・カムイ) is a tutelary deity of children. Together with the Ezo chipmunk (''Eutamias sibiricus lineatus'') and (''Sciurus vulgaris orientis''), it is one of the three sciurids (members of the squirrel family (Sciuridae)) found on the island, to the north of Blakiston's Line, each having its own particular ecological niche. Taxonomy The Ezo flying squirrel was first described by Nagamichi Kuroda in 1921, as ''Sciuropterus russicus orii''. In 1940, John Reeves Ellerman elevated the Ezo flying squirrel to species rank and transferred it to the genus '' Pteromys'', the new combination being ''Pteromys orii''. In 1951, Ellerman and Morrison-Scott again treated the Ezo f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezo (band)
was a Japanese heavy metal band originally formed as Flatbacker in the spring of 1982 in Sapporo, JapanNippop's EZO Profile Retrieved Sep 21, 2007 out of the remnants of two high school bands, Power-Station and Scrap. EZO has been named a "seminal influence by such artists as Steve McDonald of and of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
