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                    11. DONATION BY KI MASA-IE, 1204
                        (SK, II, from a Gon Shu-in doc. now lost.)
IN 1197 Ki Masa-ie was styled go-shi, head of the go, of the yose-gori in Miyasato go while its
ji-to was Tadahisa, (cf. No.9). In the next year Tadahisa was granted by the sho-gun's govern-
ment the gun-zhi myo-den in the go, (SK, I). Here, in 1204, however, we find Masa-ie calling
himself ji-to of the go; it follows either that he had replaced Tadahisa in that capacity or that he
had used the word ji-to carelessly in its general connotation as chief of the land.
  The great Ki family claimed its descent from the long-lived Minister Takeshiuchi no Sukune,
who flourished in the second and third centuries A.D. The influence of the family at Kyoto was later
eclipsed by that of the Fujiwara, but men of Ki penetrated into many parts of Japan, where their
descendants prospered under various family-names.1  Those who settled at Miyasato evidently
adopted that name. Some of the Miyasato later served under Iriki lords.
  The present main descendant of the family, the good Mr. Miyasato Sakae, was in 1919, when the
present editor made his acquaintance, serving as the elected head of the Iriki village. He has given
the editor valuable assistance in the preparation of this volume.

"KI no Masa-ie, san-i, the ji-to of Miyasato go
  Reverently offers to Shinao2 temple a ta of three tan, aza-na3 * * * and a long hata,
  one house,4 as provision for repair.
"The ta originally granted to the aforesaid temple was in the myo-den of Tokiyoshi,5
but as the said ta became wild land, [the temple] has already been ruined. Why
should not the heads of myo6 in the go revere the protecting deity established therein?
Therefore, for the sake of the prayer to ward off calamities, the above-mentioned ta
and hata are contributed. In order that the aforesaid ta and hata be cultivated, and
damage or ruin of the said temple be repaired, and that the happiness and longevity of
the entire house be prayed for, this donation is hereby made.
  "Ken-nin 4y. 2m. 10d. [13 March 1204].                San-i, Ki, (monogram)."




  1 Genealogies in Gun-zho rui-zhu, IV, 263-285, and Zoku gun-zho rui-zhu, VII, 180-212.
  2 The Shinto temple Shinao is opposite the temple Niita, across the river Sendai.
  3 Aza-na means name, either of a person or of a piece of land. Here the meaning is the latter,
but the proper name is mutilated.
  4 "One house" either is a miscopy of "one place," or there is an omission before the phrase.
  5 Tokiyoshi myo-den were scattered in Satsuma, Togo, and Taki districts. See Nos.7 and 9.
  6 Masa-ie was also a myo-head.




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