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                 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.