Region: Japan · Coordinates: 32.688, 130.868 · 4 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 858 | Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku | In the second month, on day 丙辰, Higo province reports that the drum in the armory (heiko) of the Kikuchi castle sounded by itself; it sounded again the next day. |
| AD 869 | Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku | On the fourteenth day of the seventh month, in Higo province a heavy storm and tidal wave flood six districts; people and livestock are crushed, and more than half of the official goods are lost. |
| AD 873 | Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku | Dazaifu reports by post horse that the Bohai men Choe Jongjwa and others drifted ashore at Amakusa district in Higo. The Tang interpreter Chang Gunchung interrogates them and confirms they are Bohai's envoys bound for Tang; they are given clothing and provisions and treated as envoys of friendly neighbors. |
| AD 1181 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 29th day of the 2nd month, war broke out in Saikai. Kikuchi Takanao, a resident of Higo, and Ogata Koremochi, a resident of Bungo, and others rose against the Taira. Takanao's side, with more than 600 horsemen, blocked the barriers and the land and sea routes; the Taira's Harada Tanenao gathered 2,000 Kyushu troops and fought. |