Ezo trade - Ezochi station

Japanese: 蝦夷地交易 - えぞちこうえき

The meaning varies depending on the concept of Emishi, but since the Kamakura period, when the concept of Emishi = Ezo = Ainu was established, it has referred to trade with the Ainu or their main habitat, Ezo Island and Ezochi (present-day Hokkaido). Transportation and exchange relations between Honshu society and the Ainu have been observed since ancient times, but it was only from the Kamakura period onwards, when trade between distant regions developed against the backdrop of the development of social and regional division of labor, that it began to have a positive historical meaning. At that time, the Ando clan of Tosaminato, Tsugaru, played an important role in this trade.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

蝦夷概念のいかんによって意味内容も異なってくるが，蝦夷＝エゾ＝アイヌという概念が定着した鎌倉時代以降は，アイヌまたはアイヌの主たる居住地である夷島･蝦夷地(現，北海道)との交易をさす。本州社会とアイヌとの交通･交換関係はすでに古代からみられたが，それが歴史的に積極的な意味をもつようになるのは，社会的地域的分業の発展を背景に隔地間交易が発展してくる鎌倉時代以降のことである。当時この交易で重要な役割を果たしたのが津軽十三湊（とさみなと）の安東氏であった。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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