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       46. THE SHO-GUN'S ORDER RELATIVE TO SHIBUYA MUTE-
                                     SHIGE'S ESTATE, 1291
                                 (A copy in Okamoto docs.; also KK, VII.)
           "IN regard to the wooded land at Fuji-gokoro, in Yoshida sho, Sagami kuni;
       a half of Shimo mura in Kawae go, Mimasaka kuni; Kiyoshiki mura, Satsuma
       kuni; and the ta and other lands at Lower Nagao, Chikuzen kuni; being the
       estate left by the deceased father Shibuya Hei-goro Muneshige, [which has been]
in dispute between Tatsu-do, daughter of Muneshige, and her Younger sister
Mida-do.
"As, in accordance with the report of the Da-zai Fu1 dated the 12th month 11th day
of last year [23 January 1291], the aforesaid [dispute] was on the point of being
dealt with (sa-da), both parties agreed on a compromise2 on the second day last [27
August]. Therefore, it is hereby decreed, by command of the Lord of Kamakura, that,
in pursuance of that letter [of compromise], [the parties] shall henceforth hold [the
estate] without disturbance.
   "Sho-o 4 y. 8 m. 28 d. [13 September 1291].
                                                                       "Mutsu no kami, Taira no Ason,3 monogram.
                                                                       "Sagami no kami, Taira no Ason,4 monogram."
   Muneshige was one of the three Iriki-in brothers who died in 1281 in the Mongol war. From the
foregoing document, it is seen that he, like his brother Arishige, had been granted lands in Chikuzen.
The division of these lands and the order of succession relative to them are shown in the following
undated table found in KK, VII.
                                                                             Annex A
"Order of succession relative to the ten cho of ta and other lands at Lower Nagao, Chikuzen kuni.

"\ズハショウリャク\"

"Of this [i. e., 10 cho] is given to Tai-hei zhi, in Nagao."
   This is the order of succession to the shiki at Nagao, not a genealogical table of the family. In
order to elucidate the relation between the genealogical order and the order of this particular suc-
cession, the following table has been constructed from data found in KK, VII. The genealogical
relations are shown by heavy lines, the succession to the estate by light lines, and the marital
relations by dotted lines. It will be seen how the various shiki were finally gathered in the hands
of two men: Shigekatsu, the fifth Iriki-in lord, and Shigeoki, the first lord of the Okamoto branch.
Both, moreover, received from their mother's side, who was daughter of Shigemune, lord of the
Taki branch, one of the five offshoots of the original Shibuya stock, lands in Saga, Hizen kuni.
As for Shigeoki's inheritance from his father Shigetomo, see No. 60 below.
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                                                                             Annex B

"\ズハショウリャク\"

   1The Da-zai Fu, formerly the government-general of the whole of Kyu-shu and adjacent islands,
under the civil authorities at Kyoto, but now feeble and largely overshadowed by the military com-
missioner of the island appointed by the sho-gun. See No. 6 and n. 3. It is not unlikely that the
Sai-fu here meant this commissioner, not the old Da-zai Fu.
   2Wa-yo. When either party to a judicial dispute proposed to cease litigation and come to terms
with the other, and a compromise(wa-yo) was successfully reached between them, a detailed state-
ment of it was presented to the judges, who thereupon gave a writ recognizing the act and ordering
the carrying out of its terms.
   3Hojo Nobutoki, the Co-signer.     4Hojo Sadatoki, the Regent.
   5Muneshige's daughter who married Shimomura Shigeuji, son of Shigemura. Cf. No. 43.
   6Muneshige's daughter who married Shigemoto, later the fourth lord of Iriki; the latter appears
in this table as the recipient of another 3 cho of the estate, under his Buddhist name Jo-Yen. See
n. 10 below.
   7A few characters worm-eaten.
   8The Buddhist name of Shigeoki, the lord of the Okamnoto branch of the Iriki-in
   9Son of Okamoto Shigeoki and Shigeuji's daughter Tora-san.
   10The Buddhist name of Muneshige's nephew Shigemoto. In 1280, he received Arishige's estate,
as was seen in No. 42; now he got a share of Muneshige's also. Besides these, he inherited, as heir-          
general, the hereditary holdings of the main Iriki-in family.
   11A Buddhist church.