Region: Japan · Coordinates: 33.353, 129.735 · 4 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 778 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The third ship of the Tang embassy reaches Tachibana Port in Matsura District, Hizen Province; Ono no Shigeno reports, including that it set out from the sea in the sixth month of the seventh year and arrived at Hailing County in Yangzhou. |
| AD 805 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | Sugawara no Kiyokimi, judge (hōgan) of the second ship of the Tang embassy, reached Kashima in Matsura district, Hizen Province, and submitted his report by post horse. |
| AD 805 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | Report from Dazaifu: the third ship of the Tang embassy set out from Hira-shima in Matsura district, but at once met a south wind and drifted to a remote island; the ship took in water and was wrecked among rocks. The court, blaming the sailors for neglecting their duties, ordered a reprimand. |
| AD 874 | Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku | On the eighteenth day of the seventh month, Dazaifu reports that Tang merchant Cui Ji and 46 others arrived on the coast of Matsuura district in Hizen on the third day of the sixth month. By the precedent for naturalized people, they are to be lodged and supplied. |