The success of the gradual change in battle tactics came at the very end of the 8th century in the 790s under the command of the general Sakanoue no Tamuramaro.
A small sub-temple, Tamura Temple, was built in the Muromachi period and enshrined the famous conquest of the Ezo by Shōgun Sakanoue no Tamuramaro.
It is said that the famous Tanabata festivals and parades of Aomori prefecture (also celebrated in the city of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture), which draw over 3 million people to the prefecture a year, were popularized in remembrance of Sakanoue no Tamuramaro's campaign to subdue the tribal societies then living in Tōhoku.
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However, many Emishi remained in the Tōhoku region as subjects of the expanding Japanese Empire, and later established independent Fushu domains.
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According to the Shoku Nihongi, an official historical record, The Sakaue clan is descended from Emperor Ling of Han China.