When did Hokkaido do trading with the Dewa Province?
During the Nara and Heian periods (710–1185)
When was Hokkaido first noted in history?
720 AD, is often said to be the first mention of Hokkaido
By what source?
According to the text of recorded history
What was the name of that text?
The "Nihon Shoki",
What does it say about Hokkaido?
Abe no Hirafu led a large navy and army to northern areas from 658 to 660 and came into contact with the Mishihase and Emishi.
What happened in the Muromachi period?
the Japanese created a settlement at the south of the Oshima Peninsula.
What time span does that period cover?
(1336–1573)
What about the Nara period?
During the Nara and Heian periods (710–1185), people in Hokkaido conducted trade with Dewa Province
What was Hokkaido once called?
formerly known as Ezochi
What were the people from there called?
Ezo
When where they first called that?
From the Middle Ages, the people in Hokkaido began to be called Ezo
How did they source their food?
hunting and fishing
What about rice?
obtained rice and iron through trade with the Japanese
What led to the fighting between Japanese and the Ainu?
Japanese created a settlement at the south of the Oshima Peninsula, disputes arose
What was the outcome from those disputes?
Takeda Nobuhiro killed the Ainu leader, Koshamain, and defeated the opposition in 1457
What happened to the Edo period?
Nobuhiro's descendants became the rulers of the Matsumae-han
When did that period occur?
(1568–1868)
Did anyone trade with the Ainu?
Matsumae-han
Why did they trade with them?
they were granted exclusive trading rights with the Ainu