Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Sakanoue no Tamuramaro

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Sakanoue no Tamuramaro

坂上田村麻呂
alternative words: Sakanoueno Tamuramaro
keywords: famous person , northern territory
related topics: Heian period , Ezo , Shogun
related web sites: http://www.page.sannet.ne.jp/gutoku2/emisiseitou1.html , http://www09.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/gb3/s-kimura/tamuramaro/tamuindex.htm
explanation: Born in 758 and died in 811. Japanese military man of the beginning of Heian period. He successfully subdued Ainu's revolts in Tohoku region. Since his expeditions, large scale revolts have stopped. He had been a shogun but this title was still temporary at that epoch. A legend says that after the conquest of Ainu's country, he would erected a stele indicating "center of Japan" because all Ainu's land up to Kamchatka peninsula should belong to Japan.

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