The Mutsu Shogunfu (local government of Mutsu) was established in the early Northern and Southern Courts period when Emperor Go-Daigo dispatched his son - Imperial Prince Norinaga (who later became Emperor Go-Murakami), Mutsu no kami (the governor of Mutsu Province) Akiie KITABATAKE and others to Taga-jo Castle which served as the provincial office of Mutsu province.
南北朝時代(日本)の初期、後醍醐天皇が皇子・義良親王（後の後村上天皇）を陸奥守、北畠顕家らとともに陸奥国府、多賀城へ派遣すると、多賀城に陸奥将軍府が樹立された。