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#35 35. THE SHO-GUN'S CONFIRMATION1 OF TAKE-TSURU'S INHERITANCES, 1278 (A copy in Terao docs.; also SK, Y.) "THAT the Tira lady2, Take-tsuru by name, shall forthwith hold(ryo-chi) the ta and house in Terao mura, in Shibuya Upper sho, of Sagami kuni, *whose boundaries on the four sides and whose names and numbers are stated in the letter of devise,* and north of the river of Zhitcho mura, in Kawae go, of Mimasaka kuni. "It is hereby decreed, by command of the lord of Kamakura,3 that the aforesaid [person] shall, according to the letter4 of devise of her grandfather Shibuya Goro- Shiro Shigetsune, *Buddhist name Jo-Butsu,* dated Ken-chi 3rd year 9th month 13th day [10 October 1277], hold(ryo-sho) [the places enumerated]. "Ko-an 1 y. 6 m. 3 d. [24 June 1278]. Sagami no kami Taira no Ason, monogram."
* * The parts here enclosed between the asterisks are written small in the original. 1 This somewhat simpler form of the order of confirmation has been given twice before; see Nos. 23 and 24 B. See also No. 25, n. 6. 2 Taira uji. See No. 12, n. 8.3 Namely, the sho-gun. 4 No. 30.