Hitakami no kuni is a province ruled by Emishi (a group of people) as a local sphere of influence, which was located in the present-day Tohoku region (the Kitakami-gawa River basin in Iwate Prefecture) and described in "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan).
日高見国（ひたかみのくに）は、『日本書紀』に登場する、現在の東北地方（岩手県内の北上川流域）にあった蝦夷の国（地方勢力圏）である。