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  62. TERAO BETTO'S PETITION REGARDING TO-NO-HARA, 1323

                  (A copy in Terao docs.; also KK, VIII.)
"KORETOMO, the proxy1 of Shibuya Betto-zhiro-Maru, respectfully prays
     That, since [the latter's] elder uncle,2 Iya-shiro Shigetsune,3 disregarding the
   two orders4 [of thesho-gun's government], does not appear and plead his case,
   [the matter of] the ta and sono in To-no-hara go, Iriki in, Satsuma kuni, be ad-
   judicated in pursuance of the established rule.
"Presented herewith:
    2 documents: copies of the orders.4 One document was presented before.
"Whereas Betto-zhiro-Maru held the aforementioned go, having bequeathed it from
the hands of his grandfather Koreshige, Shigetsune,3 without bearing a single docu-
ment, seized ta and sono in this go and committed the outrage of cutting off the
paddies;5 wherefore, orders have been twice issued; but [Shigetsune], being conscious
of his own guilt, is in defacult(nan-zhu). Such being the case, it is again prayed that
forthwith an examination be held and a decision granted. [Betto-zhiro-Maru] makes a
renewed petition thus.
  "Gen-ko 3 y. 6 m.-d.[July 1323]."




  1Proxy for a minor.
  2Haku-fu, father's elder brother, as distinguished from shuku-fu, father's younger brother.
  3This is Terao Shigena; his boyhood name, Take-wo.
  4Mi kyo-sho; see No. 25, n. 7.
  5Kari-ta no ro-zeki, the outrage of cutting rice from the fields, a heinous offense.