By the seventh century, the Emishi had lived broadly in the Tohoku region (from mid-Miyagi Prefecture through Yamagata Prefecture and to the north) and most of Hokkaido (local public entity), a part of which was included in the Japanese territory.
7世紀頃には、蝦夷は現在の宮城県中部から山形県以北の東北地方と、北海道(地方公共団体)の大部分に広く住み、その一部は日本の領域の中にあった。