蝦え夷ぞ栗り鼠す
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)
Kanji used
shrimp
barbarian
chestnut
mouse
Composed of
Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)