Sakanoue no Tamuramaro

Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (坂上 田村麻呂^?, 758 – June 17, 811) was a general and shogun of the early Heian period of Japan. He was the son of Sakanoue no Karitamaro.

Serving Emperor Kanmu, he was appointed shogun and given the task of conquering the Emishi (蝦夷征伐 Emishi Seibatsu), a people native to the north of Honshū, which he subjugated. Recent evidence suggests that a migration of Emishi from northern Honshū to Hokkaidō took place sometime between the seventh and eighth centuries, perhaps as a direct result of this policy that pre-dated Tamuramaro's appointment. However, many Emishi remained in the Tōhoku region as subjects of the expanding Japanese Empire, and later established independent Fushu domains. After Emperor Kammu's death, the general continued to serve Emperor Heizei and Emperor Saga as Major Counselor (大納言, dainagon^?) and Minister of War (兵部卿, Hyōbu-kyō^?). He was the second man to be given the title of shogun. The first to receive this title was Ōtomo no Otomaro.

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