People of Heian Period Japan

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 96. Chapters: Emperor Kammu, Murasaki Shikibu, Fujiwara no Michinaga, Emperor Toba, Emperor Sutoku, Emperor Seiwa, Emperor Heizei, Emperor Go-Ichijo, Emperor Junna, Emperor Go-Suzaku, Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Emperor Kazan, Emperor Go-Reizei, Fujiwara no Mototsune, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Emishi, Kukai, Emperor Go-Toba, Emperor Shirakawa, Emperor Sanjo, Saicho, Tomb of Minamoto no Yoritomo, Emperor Go-Shirakawa, Emperor Konoe, Emperor Ichijo, Hojo Tokimasa, Emperor Murakami, Emperor En'yu, Emperor Go-Sanjo, Emperor Takakura, Emperor Suzaku, Hojo Masako, Emperor Horikawa, Emperor Antoku, Taira no Tokuko, Saito Musashibo Benkei, Emperor Reizei, Minamoto no Yoriie, Sugawara no Michizane, Emperor Rokujo, Hojo Yoshitoki, Emperor Nijo, Kumagai Naozane, Taira no Kiyomori, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Minamoto no Yoshiie, Sei Shonagon, Fujiwara no Kiyohira, Hatakeyama Shigetada, Taira no Atsumori, Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Lady Nijo, Minamoto no Noriyori, Abe no Yoritoki, Fujiwara no Yasunori, Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Jien, Ennin, Minamoto no Tametomo, Kajiwara Kagetoki, Hiki Yoshikazu, Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Hasebe Nobutsura, Konoe Iezane, Fujiwara no Yorinaga, Fujiwara no Yorimichi, Fujiwara no Hidehira, Tsutsui Jomyo Meishu, Fujiwara no Nobuyori, Hojo Yasutoki, Prince Mochihito, Fujiwara no Motofusa, Fujiwara no Tadahira, Taira no Tadamori, Minamoto no Yorinobu, Minamoto no Kanetsuna, Taira no Munemori, Taira no Tadanori, Gochin no Tajima, Fujiwara no Kanezane, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, Sarumaru no Taifu, Minamoto no Tameyoshi, Minamoto no Yoshimitsu, Taira no Shigehira, Minamoto no Yukiie, Fujiwara no Michinori, Kujo Michiie, Fujiwara no Tsunekiyo, Sugawara no Kiyotomo, Minamoto no Yoshihira, Hojo Tokifusa, Minamoto no Tsunemoto, Fujiwara no Yasuhira, Kujo Yoshitsune, Fujiwara no Tokihira, Minamoto no Yoshishige, Minamoto no Yoshikiyo, Taira no Shigemori, Fujiwara no Tadataka, Konoe Motomichi, Konoe Motozane, Matsudono Moroie, Minamoto no Yoshitsuna, Minamoto no Nakatsuna, Fujiwara no Morosuke, Ichirai Hoshi, Tankei, Minamoto no Yoshikuni, Fujiwara no Tadamichi, Michitsuna no Haha, Minamoto no Yoshiyasu, Gyoi, Minamoto no Mitsuyuki. Excerpt: The Emishi or Ebisu ) were a group of people who lived in northeastern Honshu in what is today known as the Tohoku region. They are referred to as michi no oku ) in contemporary sources. Some Emishi tribes opposed and resisted the rule of the Japanese Emperors during the late Nara and early Heian periods (7th¿10th centuries AD). More recently, scholars believe that they were natives of northern Honshu who were descendants of those who produced the Jomon culture. They are thought to have been related to the Ainu. The separate ethnic status of the Emishi is not in doubt, based on a separate language from Japanese that scholars have not been able to reconstruct, but can be inferred from the use of interpreters who were needed to communicate between the Japanese and the Emishi, and the many Ainoid place names left in the Tohoku. The famous Emishi generals who fought in the Thirty-Eight Years' War (AD 774 to 811), Moro and Aterui, have non-Japanese names as well. The Emishi were represented by different tribes, some of whom became allies of the Japanese (fushu, ifu) while others remained hostile (iteki). The Emishi in northeastern Honshu relied on their horses in warfare. They developed a unique style of warfare where horse archery and hit and run tactics prov...