Kyushu

Shikoku

Honshu

Sea of Japan

Pacific Ocean

Hizen

ChikuzenChikugo

Buzen

Bungo

Higo

Hyuga

Satsuma

Osumi

Nagato

Iwami

Suo

Aki

IzumoBingo

Bitchu

Mimisaka

Iyo

Tosa

Sanuki

Awa

Awaji

Bizen

Harima

Inaba

Hoki

Kawachi

Izumi

TangoTambaSettsu

Tajima

OmiIgaIse

Yamato

Kii

Yamashiro

Kyoto

Wakasa

Echizen

Kaga MinoOwari

Mikawa

Noto EtchuHida

Oki

Totomi

Shinano

Kai

Suruga

Izu

Echigo Kozuke Sagami

Shimozuke

Hitachi

Musashi

ShimosaKazusaAwa

Sado

Dewa

Mutsu

Map

Japan in the tenth century

Source

: Map entitled “Japan in the Tenth Century,” in Karl Friday,

The First Samurai: The Life and Legend of the Warrior Rebel, Taira Masakado

(New York: Wiley, 2008), p. xii.