Region: Japan · Coordinates: 38.307, 140.988 · 11 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 709 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The Emishi of Mutsu and Echigo rise up; troops are levied from several provinces. Kose no Maro is made Chindō Shōgun and Saeki no Isoyu is named general to subdue the Echigo Emishi; they are sent out by two routes. |
| AD 720 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Mutsu Province reports that during the Emishi rebellion the inspector Kamitsuke no Hirohito was killed. |
| AD 720 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Tajihi no Agatamori is appointed Shōgun for Subduing the Easterners with the sword of authority, and Abe no Suruga is named general for pacifying the Enemies; the sword is given that day. |
| AD 724 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Fujiwara no Umakai, great envoy with the sword of authority for the subjugation of the Easterners, and Ono no Ushikai, pacifying general, return. |
| AD 737 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Fujiwara no Maro arrives at the Taga palisade in Mutsu on the nineteenth day of the second month; consulting with Ōno no Azumahito, he gathers 1,000 cavalry from six provinces and opens two routes, mountain and sea, to win over the Emishi. |
| AD 774 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The garrison generals report the Emishi as being on the level of rat thieves, and the sovereign reprimands them for rashness. |
| AD 776 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Mutsu Province declares that in early April it will strike the enemy of the two mountain and sea routes with 20,000 soldiers; Dewa, with 4,000, will strike westward from Ōkachi. |
| AD 777 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Mutsu Province, exhausted after using soldiers from the whole country in April against the enemy of the two routes, asks for exemption from this year's tribute and last year's land tax; it is granted. |
| AD 778 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Ranks are granted to 2,267 persons of Mutsu and Dewa, from the provincial governors down, who showed merit in the campaign; Iji no Atai Azamaro also receives Outer Fifth Rank, lower grade. |
| AD 789 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Imperial troops gather at the Taga castle in Mutsu and divide into routes to enter enemy territory. |
| AD 869 | Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku | On the twenty-sixth day of the fifth month, a great earthquake strikes Mutsu province: the sky shines like daytime, castle walls, storehouses and gates collapse, the sea roars and a tsunami surges up to the foot of Taga castle; more than a thousand people drown (the Jōgan earthquake and tsunami). |