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   107. SHIMADZU MOROHISA'S CESSIONS OF DOMAINS, 1358-?
It is the shu-go of Satsuma kuni, Shimadzu Morohisa, who wrote the following order A and letters
B and C. By A, countersigned by his father Sadahisa, Morohisa voluntarily closed the dispute
which had been pending between him and Nagatoshi Tomohide,1 and surrendered to the latter a
part of the ji-to shiki his family had held for six generations. The recipient-So-Sho being his
Buddhist name-having then gone over to the enemy's side, Morohisa had legitimately retaken the
shiki; and, by the letter B, ceded a half of it, together with a half of the domain of another foe,
likewise confiscated, to the lord of Iriki. The letter C conferred similar rights under precisely the 
same condition, equally to the Shibuya lords of Taki and Togo. B and C are couched in a more
polite epistolary from than A, for Tomohide was a minor go ke-nin, while the Shibuya were strong
peers whom Morohisa feared. It would seem that Iriki-in Shigekatsu held an honorary title at least
equal in rank to that of the shu-go. It is probable that he deemed it wise to enlist the favor of the
three Sibuya by means of these provisional grants (B and C).
  The year of the letters B and C is given as 1355 by the editors of Dai Ni-hon shi-ryo, following
the dating in SK, but it is manifest that they were written sometime after A, that is, in 1359 or
later.
  The three documents together from s milestone in the prolonged career of the Shimadzu toward
their attainment of the position of overlords in South Kyu-shu. The road which still stretched
before them was long and difficult. They were still surrounded by formidable peers; and were able
only to "surrender" parts of their domains, and to, recommend to the sho-gun to confirm their
grants (B and C). The ground, however, which the Shimadzu had already covered was not incon-
siderable: they had absorbed, in Satsuma kori and Miyasato go, and in Yamato in and Akune in,
the shiki of myo-shu and ben-zai shi into their ji-to shiki, (compare this No. with No. 9),2 and
had in this manner attained partial overlordship at least in these portions of the kuni. Nominally
ji-to, they were really seigneurs in these regions. And their grants B and C, when sanctioned, would
in reality be under their tutelage, though in theory held by the Shibuya directly of the sho-gun. 
  From this time the ji-to shiki, whether in part or in whole, of the two myo mentioned in A
seems to have passed into the hands of the Iriki-in. It is true that they may have lost it when
they capitulated to the Shimadzu in 1397, but they again received a part of it about 1419 (No. 132),
and the whole region, perhaps more, in 1462 (No. 137). Its parts appear in the Iriki-in's letter of
devise from 1423 onward (Nos. 133 and 138). To them they added Momo-tsugi in 1539, and soon
annexed several important mura in the neighborhood (No. 141), which, as we shall see, raised them
to the summit of their territorial power. The extensive domain was held by the family for a long
time till it relinquished it to the Shimadzu in 1570 and 1574 (No. 145). Members of the Nagatoshi
family eventually became vassals of the Iriki-in lords.




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#107-A
                                      A
                        (Nagatosi docs.; also KK, XI.)
    "ALTHOUGH the ji-to shiki  of the two myo Kwan-do and Nagatoshi, in Satsuma
kori, Satuma kuni, are in Do-Kan's3 hereditary possession, they are for all time sur-
rendered to Nagatoshi Mata-taro Tomohide. If any of Do-Kan's children(ato) should
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interfere with these places, he would not be [deemed as] his descendant. Since the
ji-to shiki of both myo are settled, the litigation for the appointed date4 is hereby
terminated. Therefore, the statement is [made] thus.
   "Sho-hei 13 y. 8 m. 12 d. [15 September 1358].        Morohisa, monogram.
                                                       "Do-Kan,3 monogram."



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#107-B
                                      B
       (Iriki-in docs.; also KK, II; SK, XIX; and Dai Ni-hon shi-ryo, VI, xix, 712.)
    "Of the ta and sono vacated(ato) by the two rebels Kokubun Heizhiro Tomo-
shige and Nagatoshi Mata-taro nyu-do So-Sho, good and bad together divided in two,
one half is surrendered [to you]. There shall be no interference, even unto your
children's shildren's time. [Morohisa] will now recommend [the confirmation of these
holdings] to the ku-bo.5 With high respect.
  "2 m. 19 d.                         Saemon no sho-zho Morohisa, (monogram).
"Respectfully addressed to Shibuya Mino Goro Saemon no zho dono."




#107-C
                                     C
                    (SK, XIX; and Dai Ni-hon shi-ryo, VI, xix, 712.)
    "The myo-shu shiki of Tada myo in Yamato in vacated(ato)
by Akune Hiko-
taro nyu-do Zho-In, excepting the scattered holdings [of others], and Nagasaki church
in Miyasato go, and Akune in, excepting the holding of Toya nyu-do, likewise [va-
cated], are surrendered to you and lord Shibuya Kawachi no gon no kami.6 You two
will each hold a half, dividing in two [all the said domains], good and bad combined.
There shall be no interference, even unto your children's children's time. [Morohisa]
will now recommend [the confirmation of these holdings] to the ku-bo.5With high
respect.
  "2 m. 23 d.                           Saemon no sho-zho Morohisa (monogram).
"Respectfully addressed to Togo U-kyo no suke7 dono."




  1There had been a dispute about land in this vicinity between a Nagatoshi and a Yamada, about 
1324-1325; Nagatoshi docs.; also SK, XI.
  2From the dispute referred to in n. 1, and from the one which was adjusted by the document
A, it may be surmised that Nagatoshi Tomohide had been claiming a shiki in Satsuma kori by
right of heredity. At least, it is significant that Morohisa did not state in A, as he did in B and C,
that a confirmation by the sho-gun of the "surrender" was necessary. Does this mean that Morohisa
implied his recognition of Tomohide's claim, and that the latter merely received what was his by
right? May we further ask if Tomohide, by receiving A, made of himself a personal follower of
Morohisa, while the arrangements indicated by B and C did not change the status of the recipients
as his peers?
  3Shimadzu Sadahisa's Buddhist name.
  4Hi-nami no ku-zhi; here ku-zhi is judicial conduct, not obligations and dues.
  5Ku-bo, literally, the side of the ko(ku), meaning the sho-gun. Cf. ko-gi: No. 146, n. 10. For 
ko, see No.142, n. 2.
  6Taki Shigesato.                               7Togo Sukeshige.



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