伊

Iris ensata; Ise Japanese iris

whip-carrying habenaria (Habenaria iyoensis)

Hollywood juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. kaizuka); Chinese pyramid juniper

Maesa japonica (species of flowering plant)

Organization name

Ise Chemicals Corporation

Organization name

Itami City Museum of Art

Company name

Itochu Fuel Corporation

Service

Tobu Isesaki Line

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Aesop's Fables (published initially by the Jesuits in 1593)

Historical term

Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)

Historical term

Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)

Historical term

Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

Historical term

Jurchen pirate tribe who invaded Tsushima in 1019

Historical term

mid-Edo period Imari ware

Historical term

Izanagi Boom (economic boom of 1965-70)

Historical term

Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)

Rare term

Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)

Proverb; Rare term

the best men are from Kyoto; the best women from Ise

Historical term

beggars at the Ise Grand Shrine

Derogatory; Archaic

successful but stingy merchants from Ise

Early Japanese Christian term

brother; lay brother; non-ordained member of a Christian religious order

chivalrous female

Derogatory; Proverb

merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites); robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise