Heijō-kyō excavation team discovered a wood tag attaching kombu (sea grass) tribute in 729 from "Natori district of Mutsu province" to the palace.November 15 of Tempyō first. And although date and year are unknown, a word Notori was written on a cup excavated at the Kōriyama Site.Nagayama, Koriyakma Iseki, p164-165. The first appearance in reliable literature is in Shoku Nihongi when Kimikobe Okina, a person of Natori District, was permitted to change his family name (kabane) in 769.March 13 of Jingokeiun third. Pages 234-235 in the fourth book of the Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei's edition.
