The Koshibito (in

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

, variously: 高志人, 古志人 or 越人, all pronounced identically) were a people of ancient

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, believed to have lived on the southern portion of the shore of the

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Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric. ''

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''. Belknap Press, 2005. 563. Print. in the ancient province of

Koshi Koshi or Kōshi may refer to: Places *Koshi River, a river in Nepal *Koshi District, Niigata, a former district in Niigata Prefecture, Japan *Koshi Province, a historic province of Japan *Kōshi, Kumamoto, a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan *Kos ...

during the

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