#99
99. LETTERS CONCERNING THE GUARD SERVICE AT DA-ZAI FU,
                                        1351




#99-A
                                         A
       (Okamoto docs. ; also KK, VII; SK, XVII; Dai Ni-hon shi-ryo, VI, xiv, 988. )
    "SHIBUYA Kuro Shigeoki, a ji-to of Iriki in, Satsuma kuni, states: He has
hastened to Da-zai fu, to do the guard service, and his arrival has been duly recorded.
He begs that a certifying monogram be affixed as testimony and mirror for the future.
Play convey this import [to the Commander]. With reverence.
  "Jo-wa 7 y. 4 m.- d [May 1351].
"Presented to the Commissioner's place. "
                  "[I do] recognize. (Monogram. )"
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#99-B
                                               B
                          (SK, XVII; Dai Ni-hon shi-ryo, VI, xiv, 988. )
A report of arrival, of the same date as A, couched in the same language, and certified with the
same monogram, by "Naka-koba Goro-zhiro Sadakiyo, the proxy of Toyoda Cho-zhu-Maru, the
ji-to of Kurano, Iriki in, Satsuma kuni, " is here omitted.




#99-C
                                          C
         (Okamoto docs. ; also KK, VII; SK, XVII; Dai Ni-hon shi-ryo, VI, xv, 28. )
    "It is excellent that you, in addition to the loyal service rendered in the kuni,
have hastened hither. It is hereby [commanded] that you shall evermore render dis-
tinguished service at arms.
   "Jo-wa 7 y. 5 m. 25 d. [23 June 1351].          (Tadafuyu's monogram. )
       "Shibuya Kuro dono."

On the 29th day (27 June), identical letters were addressed, among others, to "Toyoda Rokuro-
zhiro dono" and "Takemitsu Saburo dono" (Shigekane). SK, XVII; Dai Ni-hon shi-ryo, VI, xv,33.