蝦え夷ぞ鳴なき兎うさぎ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis (subspecies of northern pika)
Kanji used
shrimp
barbarian
to ring
rabbit
Composed of
Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
pika (rabbit-like animal of family Ochotonidae)