GURPS: Michinoku

Campaign Background

Michinoku was a historical region of Japan that comprised the northeastern portion of Honshu, the main island of Japan. It was first officially designated c. 654 during the Asuka Period. This shortly followed the Taika Reform, which is the law that put into place the civil structure that gave rise to the Samurai class and social structure that persisted during the Japanese middle-ages up through the Tokugawa era. Michinoku consists of two provinces, Dewa to the west, and Mutsu to the east. The events of GURPS: Michinoku will take start in the Dewa province, in the area that is known as the Akita Prefecture in modern Japan, during the Nara Period, which itself commenced in 710. GURPS Michinoku is set in an alternate timeline, but is based on real-world Nara Japan.