Kishi
[kee-shee]
- No·bu·su·ke [naw-boo-soo-ke] /ˌnɔ bʊˈsu kɛ/, 1896–1987, Japanese statesman: premier 1958–60.
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Kishi is one of the most frequented of these places, and there the money for the right of crossing the desert is paid.
Celebrated Travels and TravellersJules Verne
Of more dubious antecedents is another patron of the children of Japan, Kishi Mojin, the mother of the child-demons.
Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886)Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
Once Kishi Mojin had the depraved habit of stealing any young child she could lay hands on and eating it.
Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886)Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco