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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. | |