In ancient Japan, the term "Shoban" meant three countries in the Korean Peninsula called 'Sankan' as well as the clans of settlers originally from there.
諸蕃（しょばん）とは、古代日本においていわゆる「三韓」と呼ばれた朝鮮半島の国々及びそこに出自を持つ渡来人系氏族を指す言葉。