The first historical record of Kokushi kasei joso was a case in which farmers in Owari Province complained to Daijokan about illegal behaviors of their kokushu, FUJIWARA no Tsurasada in 974.
史料上の国司苛政上訴の初見は、974年（天延2）に尾張国の百姓らが国守藤原連貞の非法を太政官へ訴えた事例である。