Aterui

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Aterui (アテルイ, 阿弖流爲) (died 13 September 802 AD, in the 21 Enryaku era ^{[clarification needed]}) was the most prominent chief of the Isawa (胆沢) band of Emishi in northern Japan.^{[citation needed]} The Emishi were an indigenous people of North Japan, who were considered hirsute barbarians by the Yamato Japanese.^{[citation needed]}