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         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.