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                    44. ZHU-A'S TESTAMENTS, 1287-1288
                                           (Abridged copies in Okamoto docs.; also KK, VII.)
SHIBUYA HEI-SHIRO ARISHIGE, a younger brother of the third lord of Iriki-in, Kimishige, served, as
has been said, in the war of national defense on the northern shores of Kyu-shu against the Mongol
invasion, and, on 15 July 1281, fell in battle, together with his brothers Muneshige and Shigenao.
Arishige does not seem to have left a child. It is not known whether his wife, who was a Shimadzu,
survived hime; the following wills were written by the father Akishige's widow, dividing the estate
left by Arishige among his surviving brothers and other near relatives. The document No. 42 should
be compared.
       "THE nun Zhu-A's testament,1 a transcription. Summarized. Ko-an 10th year 1st month 11th
       day; and Sho-o 1st year 10th month - day. Estate left by Hei-shiro nyu-do."2
   "TESTAMENT1 regarding the distribution of the domains and obligations [of the
   estate] left by Hei-shiro nyu-do.2
"'Naka mura and lower Kami-yama mura, of Hon go, in Kawae go:-
   "Public ta,3 4 cho 82/3 tan 19 bu, of which:
       "Hei-zhi nyu-do,4 1 cho 1 tan 310 bu;
       Sho-Gwan bo,5 1 cho 309 bu;
       Oku no go-zen,6 1 cho 2 tan;
       Taki no go-zen,6 1 cho 4 tan;
         The rest is omitted Summary.7
"North side of Kiyoshiki, in Iriki in, shall be held by Hei-zhi nyu-do4 and Hei-
zaburo nyu-do Sho-Gwan bo.5 The boundaries are set forth in the letter of devise.'
         "Summary. The other articles are omitted.7
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   "'Sho-o 1 y. 10 m.- d. [November 1288].                 Zhu-Amida-Butsu, monogram.'"
       "Testament on another sheet : in [the letter of] gift to An-yo zhi.8
"'Ichino-no9 shall be Sho-Gwan bo's share. Of the revenue of that place, five pieces of
silk are the share of this chapel. Certified thus.
     "'Ko-an 10 y. 1 m. 25 d. [10 March 1287].             Mother nun, monogram.'"




   1Oki-bumi, literally, letter left behind.   2Arishige, Buddhist name Sho-zen.
   3Ko-den, public ta, Kawae was a go, and therefore its ta was still "public"(ko); see No. 13, n.8.
   4The elder brother Kimishige.                                         5The elder brother Shigetaka.
   6These may be the younger brother Muneshige's daughters, or Taki no go-zen may reier to
Arishige's younger brother Shidzushige's son Shigetomo's wife, who was daughter of Taki Shigemune.
   7The copyist's note.
   8A Buddhist church. Its priest, according to the Miyasato genealogy, seems to have been related
by marriage of his sister, to the Iriki-in.
   9A hamlet to the east of Kiyoshiki.