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#53 53. RECEIPT OF DUES FOR THE KUNI, 1311 (Terao docs.; also KK, VIII.) THE author of this receipt was probably an Osaki, who, for the reasons stated in our preface to No. 51, held a provincial post, and, in that capacity, represented the civil governor of the kuni. The latter resided in Kyoto, and merely received a fixed income from Satsuma through his agents there. Here, Michihiro issued this provisional receipt for the kuni tax returned from To-no-hara, addressing the letter probably to the Terao lord. "OF the 152 kwan of money1 payable2 to the kuni during the second month,3\ "In all, 29 kwan 465 mon, the share of To-no-hara, "[Michihiro] holds in trust,4 When they are received in safety by the kuni govern- ment, [Michihiro] will secure a receipt and hand it to [. . .].5 If there should be an accident,6 this money would be returned to the exact amount. Agreed thus. "En-kyo 4 y. 2 m. 20 d. [10 March 1311]. Michihiro, (monogram)."
1Yo-to. 2So-da, whose meaning is flexible; see No. 21, n.6. 3February / March. 4Adzukari-oku. 5The name of the other party not given. 6The original does not seem to be i-gi, a dispute, but koto naru gi, an unusual event, accident; that is, if the money should fail to reach its destination.