Sushen

The invaders were the Toi, originally called Sushen or Moho, under the former of which names they make their appearance in Japanese history in the middle of the sixth century.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

Hirafu, warden of Koshi, campaigns against Sushen (658-660), and

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

Sushen, Tungusic settlers on Sado Island (549 A.D.); expeditions of

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

Evidently these "captives" were prisoners taken by the Yamato from the Koreans, the Sushen, or some other hostile nation.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

One account says that Hirafu, on his return, presented two white bears to the Empress; that he fought with the Sushen and carried back forty-nine captives.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

Amur river, battle on, (660 A.D.) with Sushen; Russia's position on

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

By foreign countries, China and Korea were generally understood, but the Kumaso, the Yemishi, and the Sushen were also included in the category of aliens.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

During the next sixteen years nothing more is heard of the Sushen, but, in A.D. 676, seven of them arrived in the train of an envoy from

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

But his overtures having been rejected, he sent to summon the Sushen.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

They seem to have been Sushen, for at the feast given by

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886