In around the seventh century, the Emishi/Ezo (northerners and northeasterners) had presumably lived widely over most parts of the Tohoku Region, north of the center of modern day Miyagi Prefecture and northern Yamagta Prefecture, and most parts of Hokkaido (current local public body).
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)の大部分に広く住んでいたと推察されている。