Region: Japan · Coordinates: 38.862, 141.166 · 21 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 689 | Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) | In the first month of Jitō 3 (689), Chiriko, an Emishi of Seyō in Ukita district, Mutsu, asked to shave his head and become a monk, and it was allowed. |
| AD 792 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | Mutsu Province reports: Isawa no Kimi Anushi, an Emishi of Shiwa village, sent envoys asking to submit, but prisoners at Isaji village block the road. The court then ordered that Emishi envoys no longer be given the customary gifts. |
| AD 792 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | The court, admiring the willingness of the Emishi chief 夷爾散南公 Ahaso to come to court, ordered 300 well-equipped cavalry selected from the provinces along the route to meet him at the border and show the might of the state. |
| AD 794 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | The deputy general Sakanoue no Tamuramaro and others attacked the Emishi. |
| AD 794 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | The general Ōtomo no Otomaro reports: 457 heads cut off, 150 prisoners, 85 horses, and 75 villages burned. |
| AD 796 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | Nine thousand people from eight provinces, including Sagami and Musashi, were moved to Isaji Castle in Mutsu Province and held there. |
| AD 797 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, Junior Fourth Rank Lower, was appointed Seii Taishōgun, with deputies. |
| AD 800 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | The general Sakanoue no Tamuramaro was sent to inspect (kenkō) the emishi and captives of the various provinces. |
| AD 801 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | The general Sakanoue no Tamuramaro and others report: the Emishi bandits were subdued and submitted (the original abbreviates the rest with 'and so on'). |
| AD 801 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | Edict: the Emishi of Mutsu had for generations invaded the frontier and harmed the people; Tamuramaro and others were sent and pacified them. Tamuramaro was raised to Junior Third Rank. |
| AD 804 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | From Musashi, Kazusa, Shimōsa, Hitachi, Kōzuke, Shimotsuke and Mutsu, 14,315 koku of dried rice (hoshi-ii) and 9,685 koku of rice were transported to the Nakayama palisade in Osada district of Mutsu, for the campaign against the Emishi. |
| AD 804 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | Sakanoue no Tamuramaro was again appointed Seii Taishōgun, with Kudara no Kyōun (百済王教雲), Saeki no Yashiro (佐伯社屋) and Michishima no Mitate (道嶋御楯) as deputies; eight military inspectors and twenty-four military clerks. |
| AD 811 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | Fumiya no Watamaro was appointed general for the pacification of the barbarians, with Ōtomo no Imahito, Saeki no Mimaro and Sakanoue no Takakai as deputies. |
| AD 811 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | Imperial edict in response to the general's report: since the number captured and returned was not small, the Emishi should be moved to the inner provinces (chūgoku) and the captive prisoners settled in place. Newly captured Emishi should also be brought to the capital: the strong on foot, the weak given horses. |
| AD 811 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | General Fumiya no Watamaro reports: the official army has pacified the enemy completely in one stroke, so the garrison troops should be reduced; Shiwa Castle lies by a river and often suffers flood damage, so it should be moved. He also spoke of the 38 years of border conflict since the Hōki 5 era. |
| AD 817 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | Report from Mutsu: 61 rebel prisoners, including Kimiyakōbe no Oyashibe, were all captured. Because he requested to stay below the castle while summoning his wife and children, permission was granted. |
| AD 824 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | Fifty-four Silla people, including Sin Ryang, Kim Gwi, Ha Ryang and Su Baek, are settled in Mutsu province; under the law they are exempted from labor service and allotted kubunden land from public jōden fields. |
| AD 854 | Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku | In the fourth month, on day 壬午, Mutsu province reports signs of unrest (poor harvest, soldiers deserting, bandit gangs like tigers) and asks for 1,000 reinforcements; granted. |
| AD 854 | Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku | In the fifth month, on day 戊戌, 10,000 koku of grain is given to Mutsu province to relieve the captured barbarians (fushū). |
| AD 855 | Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku | In the first month, Mutsu reports that captured barbarians in the remote areas killed each other with swords and asks for 2,000 reinforcements; granted. On day 戊申, a further request for 2,000 receives an edict to take only 1,000 soldiers from kinsei (近省). |
| AD 873 | Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku | The province of Mutsu reports that captured barbarians fill the province and rebel often, so officials and people live in fear. Following the precedent of Musashi province, permission is given to enshrine five bodhisattva statues in the provincial temple. |