Toi invasion

Toi invasion
Date27 March 1019[1][2]
Location33°37′05″N 130°19′59″E / 33.618°N 130.333°E / 33.618; 130.333
Result Many Japanese girls kidnapped and enslaved, as well as livestock killed.
Belligerents
Jurchen pirates Japanese Dazaifu Goryeo
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Fujiwara no Masatada [ja] 
Fujiwara no Takaie
Ōkura no Taneki [ja]
Unknown
Strength
3,000 ? ?
Casualties and losses
8 ships captured by Goryeo[3] 850+ (killed and abducted) 350 dead, 1,300 enslaved. Only 259 or 270 were returned by Koreans from the 8 ships.[4] ?
Toi invasion is located in Japan
Toi invasion
Location within Japan

The Toi invasion (Japanese: 刀伊の入寇, Hepburn: toi no nyūkō) was the invasion of northern Kyūshū by Jurchen pirates in 1019.[5]

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