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Toi Invasion

Type Event Region Japan Time 1019

In 1019 (Kannin 3), the Jurchen pirate group 'Toi' from Northeast Asia attacked Tsushima, Iki, and the northern Kyushu coast with dozens of ships, bu…

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  1. 1019Tsushima Island · TsushimaThe Toi raiders first attacked and plundered Tsushima, then Iki; local magnates and commoners suffered heavy casualties, property and people were carried off, and news spread rapidly to Kyoto via relay stations, shaking the court.
  2. 1019Hizen Province (present-day northern Fukuoka Prefecture) · HizenThe raiders crossed the sea and invaded the coasts of northern Kyushu provinces such as Hizen and Chikuzen, burning estates and houses; local samurai fought back hastily, the court had not yet completed large-scale mobilization, and the western provinces fell into panic.
  3. 1019Heian-kyō · KinkiUpon receiving urgent reports from the governor of Tsushima and others, the court decided to dispatch keno-metsuke, samurai, and provincial soldiers westward; Fujiwara no Tsunesuke was appointed as pursuer-general, marking the court's formal intervention to pacify the Toi raiders.

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