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      67. A LETTER CONCERNING TO-NO-HARA, AFTER 1328
                    iTerao docs.; also KK, VIII.)
MUKAE dono, the recipient of the following letter, is probably nyu-do Do-Ken, son of Shigena, but
the writer, Shin-So, can hardly be identified.1 It would appear that Shigena had, probably as a
result of a compromise, won temporarily at least his claim as the chief member of the Terao family;
its genealogy at any rate accords him the place as the successor of Koreshige. To Shigena's son,
therefore, was sworn faithful observance of the terms of the private settlement.

  "Regarding the affair of To-no-hara, since, owing to the assistance of men,2 it has all
been settled peaceably, if hereafter there should arise any interference of your actual
holding(to chi-gyo), [Shin-So] would leave aside the wrong and support the right side.
  "May Hachiman3 witness. There shall be no violation [of the pledge]. With high
respect.
   "12 m. 6 d.                                              Shin-So (monogram)
     "Mukae dono."




  1If Shin-So is a miscopy of So-Shin, then he was Taki Shigemune, father-in-law of Shigetomo,
of the Okamoto branch of the Iriki-in family.
  2Men-men no ku-nyu (kuchi-ire).
  3Hachiman, the Shinto deity worshipped by the sho-gun's family as its guardian, and peculiarly
devoted to by warriors all over Japan. As has been noted, there was, as there still is, an ancient
temple, the Nitta Hachiman, not far from Iriki, popularly supposed at that time to be dedicated to
the same deity.