According to the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) and the Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan), Obiko no Mikoto was dispatched as one of Shido-shogun to the Hokuriku region by the Emperor Suijin's decree, pacified the powerful local clan of Koshi Province and built the foundation of the Yamato Dynasty.
記紀によれば、崇神天皇の詔により四道将軍の一人として北陸地方に派遣され、越国の土着の豪族たちを平定し大和朝廷の基礎を築いた。