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'''Aterui''' (アテルイ, 阿弖流爲) (d. [[Enryaku]] 21, AD 802) was the |
'''Aterui''' (アテルイ, 阿弖流爲) (d. [[Enryaku]] 21, AD 802) was the most prominent chief of the Isawa band of [[Emishi]] in northern Japan. The [[Emishi]] were an indigenous peoples of Japan, who were considered hairy barbarians by their Japanese conquerors. |
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Aterui was supposed to have been born in what is now Mizusawa Ward of [[Ōshū, Iwate|Ōshū City]] in southern [[Iwate Prefecture]]. Nothing is known of his life until the battle of Sufuse Village in 787. In 786 a certain Ki no Asami Kosami was appointed by the Japanese emperor [[Kammu]] as the new General of Eastern Conquest and given a commission to conquer Aterui. In June of 787 Kosami split his army in two and sent them north from Koromogawa on each side of the Kitakami River hoping to surprise Aterui at his home in Mizusawa. Burning houses and crops as they went they were surprised when Emishi cavalry swept down from the hills to the East and pushed them into the river. Over 1,000 armored infantry drowned in the river weighed down by their heavy armor. In September Kosami returned to Kyoto where he was rebuked by the emperor Kammu for his failure. |
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Another attack in 795 was unsuccessful as well and it was not until 801 that any Japanese general could claim success against the Emishi. In that year [[Sakanoue no Tamuramaro]], who had previously been appointed to the positions of Supervisory Delegate of Michinoku and Ideha and Governor of Michinoku, General of the Peace Guard and Grand General of Conquering East-Barbarians (Seii Tai Shogun), was given a commission by emperor Kammu to subjugate the Emishi. He and his 40,000 troops were somewhat successful as he reported back to the emperor on September 27, "We conquered the Emishi rebels." |
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But still the Emishi leaders Aterui and More had eluded capture. In 802 Tamuramaro returned to Michinoku and built Fort Isawa in the heart of Isawa territory. Then on April 15 he reported the most important success of all in this campaign: The Emishi leaders Aterui and More surrendered with more than 500 warriors. General Sakanoue delivered Aterui and More to the capital on July 10. Despite General Sakanoue's pleadings the government, "...cut them down at Moriyama in Kawachi province." |
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This was an epic monment in the history of the Emishi conquest. Before this time the Japanese had adhered to a policy of deporting captured women and children to Western Japan then enticing their warrior husbands and fathers to join their families in their new homes. Captured warriors had not been killed either. The executions of Aterui and More are thought to have been responsable for the fierce resistance by the Emishi over the next hundred years or so. |
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For many Japanese, he was long demonized as a Red Headed Demon (Akuro-o). |
For many Japanese, he was long demonized as a Red Headed Demon (Akuro-o). |
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Aterui the (Lord of Tamo*) was the greatest chief of [[Emishi]], an indigenous peoples of Japan, who were considered barbarians. He lived in Isawa (what is now Mizusawa town, [[Ōshū, Iwate]], southern [[Iwate]]) and fought with [[Tamuramaro Sakanoue]] (758-811), the legendary Shogun in the [[Nihonshoki]] leading an infantry based army from the Imperial Japanese Government based in [[Nara, Nara|Nara]] and later in [[Kyoto]] at the turn of the ninth century (789-802). He fought against Imperial Armies in the [[Emishi#Thirty-Eight Year War|Thirty-Eight Year War]] (三十八年戦争), which was a series of battles beginning in AD 774. After losing to the [[Shiwa Emishi]] that year and in 789, the Japanese Imperial Armies allied with them to defeat the independent [[Isawa confederation|Isawa Emishi]] (of which Aterui was chief) in 802. |
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==References in science, media== |
==References in science, media== |
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Aterui folklore has been made into many plays ([[performing arts]]), [[anime]] ([[Aterui The Second]]), and even an asteroid. |
Aterui folklore has been made into many plays ([[performing arts]]), [[anime]] ([[Aterui The Second]]), and even an asteroid. |
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[[7590 Aterui]] (1992 UP4) is |
[[7590 Aterui]] (1992 UP4) is an [[asteroid]] discovered on October 26, 1992 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 04:54, 28 January 2010
Aterui (アテルイ, 阿弖流爲) (d. Enryaku 21, AD 802) was the most prominent chief of the Isawa band of Emishi in northern Japan. The Emishi were an indigenous peoples of Japan, who were considered hairy barbarians by their Japanese conquerors.
Aterui was supposed to have been born in what is now Mizusawa Ward of Ōshū City in southern Iwate Prefecture. Nothing is known of his life until the battle of Sufuse Village in 787. In 786 a certain Ki no Asami Kosami was appointed by the Japanese emperor Kammu as the new General of Eastern Conquest and given a commission to conquer Aterui. In June of 787 Kosami split his army in two and sent them north from Koromogawa on each side of the Kitakami River hoping to surprise Aterui at his home in Mizusawa. Burning houses and crops as they went they were surprised when Emishi cavalry swept down from the hills to the East and pushed them into the river. Over 1,000 armored infantry drowned in the river weighed down by their heavy armor. In September Kosami returned to Kyoto where he was rebuked by the emperor Kammu for his failure.
Another attack in 795 was unsuccessful as well and it was not until 801 that any Japanese general could claim success against the Emishi. In that year Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, who had previously been appointed to the positions of Supervisory Delegate of Michinoku and Ideha and Governor of Michinoku, General of the Peace Guard and Grand General of Conquering East-Barbarians (Seii Tai Shogun), was given a commission by emperor Kammu to subjugate the Emishi. He and his 40,000 troops were somewhat successful as he reported back to the emperor on September 27, "We conquered the Emishi rebels."
But still the Emishi leaders Aterui and More had eluded capture. In 802 Tamuramaro returned to Michinoku and built Fort Isawa in the heart of Isawa territory. Then on April 15 he reported the most important success of all in this campaign: The Emishi leaders Aterui and More surrendered with more than 500 warriors. General Sakanoue delivered Aterui and More to the capital on July 10. Despite General Sakanoue's pleadings the government, "...cut them down at Moriyama in Kawachi province."
This was an epic monment in the history of the Emishi conquest. Before this time the Japanese had adhered to a policy of deporting captured women and children to Western Japan then enticing their warrior husbands and fathers to join their families in their new homes. Captured warriors had not been killed either. The executions of Aterui and More are thought to have been responsable for the fierce resistance by the Emishi over the next hundred years or so.
For many Japanese, he was long demonized as a Red Headed Demon (Akuro-o).
References in science, media
Aterui folklore has been made into many plays (performing arts), anime (Aterui The Second), and even an asteroid.
7590 Aterui (1992 UP4) is an asteroid discovered on October 26, 1992 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe.
See also
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