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Rh Southern Sea first had communication with the Land of Pèkché.

3rd year, Spring, 2nd month. Envoys were sent to Pèkché.

The statement in the Pèkché "Original Record" that Lord Kuramachi came from Japan (Nippon) is unclear.

The subjects of Pèkché, who during three or four generations had made their escape and were living as refugees in the villages of the Japanese domain of Imna, having lost their place in the register of population, were all removed to Pèkché and replaced on the registers.

5th year, Winter, 10th month. The capital was transferred to Tsutsuki in Yamashiro.

6th year, Summer, 4th month, 6th day. Oshiyama, Hodzumi no Omi, was sent on a mission to Pèkché with a present of 44 horses of the Land of Tsukushi.

Winter, 12th month. Pèkché sent an envoy with tribute. In a separate memorial Pèkché asked for four districts of the Land of Imna, viz. Upper Tari, Lower Tari, Syata, and Muro. Oshiyama, Hodzumi no Omi, Governor of the Land of Tari, made a representation to the Emperor, saying:—"These four districts border on Pèkché and are far separated from the Japanese Residency. Morning and evening they (i.e. Pèkché and Tari) exchange communications: their fowls and dogs cannot be kept apart. If they are now ceded to Pèkché and