The Imperial Court charged Masakado with a petty offendence and, in April of the following year (937), Masakado was pardoned and allowed to return to Togoku (the eastern part of Japan and particularly the Kanto region). |
朝廷はこれを微罪とし、翌承平7年(937年)4月に恩赦が出され、将門は東国へ帰った。 |