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20. JO-SHIN'S LAST WILL TO HIS SON TERAO SHIGETSUNE, 12531
                       (A copy in Terao docs.; also KK, VIII, and SK, IV.)
   "DOMAINS devised to Shibuya Shiro Shigetsune:-
one place: Terao mura, [in Sagami].
one place: Dai-ku-den, in Ise;
one place: Kawae go, Zhitcho North, [in Mimasaka];
one place: To-no-hara, of Iriki.
   "Boundaries on the four sides are stated in the letter of devise.
"Since I am old and feeble, no matter what letter may have preceded this, and no
matter what different letter may appear hereafter, [I declare hereby that] Shigetsune's
possessions shall not be subject to the slightest molestation.
   "The homesteads and granted rice-lands of the three daughters are within Shiget-
sune's domains. At the time of the Grand Guard [service], he shall apportion the
obligation among them2 according to their capacity.
   "As testimony for the future, this letter is [written] thus.
"Ken-cho 5 y. 11 m. 29 d. [21 December 1253]. Taira no Akishige,3 monogram.
                                                                                                                           Priest,4 monogram."




   1Cf. Nos. 13, 14, 17, and 19 above.
   2Women's services at arms were done by proxies.
   3Jo-Shin's eldest son and chief heir, countersigning.
   4Jo-Shin the testator.