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#140 140. DEMESNES AND DUES, 1492 (Iriki-in docs.; also KK, IV.) "THE lots in Naka-mura for which I have exchanged the Taki lady's1 own cultivation (zhi-saku),2 6 tan 3 jo:-4 tan, Shimo Mochi-sako, and 2 tan 3 jo, Kawara-da,-in all, 6 tan 3 jo. "For the kado of Miya-da has been exchanged the kado of Mukai-Nakamura. Their annual taxes(nen-gu) are equal; their obligations(ku-zhi) are equal. The dues (nashi-mono) from Miya-da, 1 kwan 500 mon, *inclusive of 500 monfor the deputy;* the dues from Mukai-Nakamura, 1 kwan 150 mon. The kado-wo3 is equal; silk kuda,4 equal; cotton, equal; kado straw-coat(mino), equal. "The things presented from Miya-da, but not presented from Nakamura:-imo,5 1 to 5 sho; kado indigo, 1 to; Kara-wo,6 150 mon-me; annual tax of barley, 5 to. In lieu of these, hata of uki-men is added, [namely], 1 tan, at Ike-tsuru. "The things presented from Miya-da:-sweet chestnuts [?] (ama-kuri [?]) com- muted, 100 mon; akane,7 commuted, 59 mon; selected cocoons, 3 sho, or 600 mon if commuted; for the nai-ken8 lot, 599 mon,-*since these are wanting in Mukai-Naka- mura, two tan of ta is added, [namely], 2 tan, at Maeda.* "The lots presented anew to the Taki lady:1-2 tan, at Maeda, and 2 tan, at Ike- tsuru. "Total of the exchanged zhi-saku2 lands: ta, 1 cho 2 tan 4 jo; hata, 4 tan.9 "En-toku 4 y. midzunoe ne,10 3 m. 1 d. [28 March 1492]. Shigetoshi11 (monogram)."
* *Written in small characters in the original. 1Uji; see No.12, n. 8. 2Zhi-saku, "own cultivation," demesne; see No. 18, n. 4. 3Wo, a fibrous plant for making rope. 4Kuda, literally, tube; silk-reel? 5Imo, starchy edible root. 6Kara-wo, a species of wo (n. 3). 7Akane, reddish root, a dye stuff. 8Nai-ken, "private examination" [of land]; the exact signification in this connection is unknown. 9There must be some error about the area of the hata 10The 49th of the sexagenary cycle. 11This is Probably the same as Iriki-in Shigetoshi, the 11th lord.


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