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   30.   TERAO SHIGETSUNE'S DEVISE TO HIS GRANDDAUGHTER
                                         TAKE-TSURU,1277
                                   (A copy in Terao docs.; also KK, Ⅷ.)
"DEVISED to the granddaughter Take-tsuru:-
       "In Sagami kuni: Gen-zhiro Morisue's house (zai-ke) and the ta attached to the
   same house, in Terao mura, of Shibuya Upper sho. [The east is bounded by] the
   boundary of a grant ta(kyu-den); [the north, by] the southern boundary of Yasu-
   kiyo ^{* * *};¹ the west, by the ditch of Yanaka; to the north, a moat has been dug
   and a row of trees planted. Next, the domain at East Haraoke is divided into three,
   and the middle 10 cho is Take-tsuru's share, which has been marked by stakes.
       "In Mimasaka kuni: Zhitcho North mura, in Kawae go. The boundaries are
   stated in the original letter of devise.
"Since the aforesaid places are Jo-Butsu's hereditary(ju-dai) domains(sho-ryo), they
are hereby devised for all time to the granddaughter Take-tsuru.
       "Ken-chi 3 y. 8 m. 13 d. [10 October 1277].                           Jo-Butsu,monogram.
           "As testimony for the future, this has been written with my own hand."




   ¹ Two kana letters not legible.